Butterfly Dream: Cat Haiku by Millicent Bee

English Original

moonlight ...

more cat than a cat 

its shadow 

Presence, 84, 2026

Millicent Bee

Chinese Translation (Traditional)

月光 ...

比貓更像貓

它的影子

Chinese Translation (Simplified)

月光 ...

比猫更像猫

它的影子

Bio Sketch

Millicent Bee is a US-based poet, First Frost Award winner, and two-time Touchstone Award nominee. Her work appears in numerous haiku, senryu, and poetry journals. 

Butterfly Dream: Ursa Major and Spruce Forest Haiku by Millicent Bee

English Original

Ursa Major 

an old spruce forest 

also points 

Autumn Moon Haiku Journal, 6:2, 2023

Millicent Bee

Chinese Translation (Traditional)

大熊座

一片古老的雲杉林

也指向它

Chinese Translation (Simplified)

大熊座

一片古老的云杉林

也指向它

Bio Sketch

Millicent Bee is a US-based haiku and senryu poet, First Frost Award winner, two-time Touchstone Award nominee, and author of The Haiku Foundation "Haiku of the Day" for December 1, 2025. Her work appears in top journals, including The Heron's Nest, Prune Juice, and tsuri-doro. 

Butterfly Dream: Laughing Buddha Haiku by Millicent Bee

English Original

Laughing Buddha

covered in pollens 

still still

tsuri-doro, 15,  2023 

Millicent Bee

Chinese Translation (Traditional)

歡喜佛

沾滿了花粉

依然靜止

Chinese Translation (Simplified)

欢喜佛

沾满了花粉

依然静止

Bio Sketch

Millicent Bee is a US-based haiku and senryu poet, First Frost Award winner, two-time Touchstone Award nominee, and author of The Haiku Foundation "Haiku of the Day" for December 1, 2025. Her work appears in top journals, including The Heron's Nest, Prune Juice, and tsuri-doro.