Butterfly Dream: Family Reunion Haiku by Randy Brooks

English Original

family reunion

a silver-chest grandpa afloat

under a diving board

Randy Brooks

Chinese Translation (Traditional)

家庭團聚

在跳板下一位胸毛銀白的老爺爺

漂浮在水面上

Chinese Translation (Simplified)

家庭团聚

在跳板下一位胸毛银白的老爷爷

漂浮在水面上

Bio Sketch

Dr. Randy Brooks is Professor of English Emeritus at Millikin University where he teaches courses on haiku and tanka. He and his wife, Shirley Brooks, are publishers of Brooks Books and co-editors of Mayfly. His most recent publication is HAIKU DECK, with 52 haiku or senryu on 52 cards.

Butterfly Dream: Grandpa’s Tractor Haiku by Randy Brooks

English Original

frost covered weeds

grandpa’s tractor

cough, cough, coughs

Randy Brooks

Chinese Translation (Traditional)

凍霜覆蓋的雜草

爺爺的拖拉機

發出咳, 咳, 咳的聲音

Chinese Translation (Simplified)

冻霜覆盖的杂草

爷爷的拖拉机

发出咳, 咳, 咳的声音

Bio Sketch

Dr. Randy Brooks is Professor of English Emeritus at Millikin University where he teaches courses on haiku and tanka. He and his wife, Shirley Brooks, are publishers of Brooks Books and co-editors of Mayfly haiku magazine. His most recent books include Walking the Fence: Selected Tanka and The Art of Reading and Writing Haiku: A Reader Response Approach.

Butterfly Dream: Ghost Town Haiku by Randy Brooks

English Original

ghost town

buffalo grass escapes

the cemetery

Randy Brooks

Chinese Translation (Traditional)

鬼城

墓園裡外長滿

水牛草

Chinese Translation (Simplified)

鬼城

墓园里外长满

水牛草

Bio Sketch

Dr. Randy Brooks is Professor of English Emeritus at Millikin University where he teaches courses on haiku and tanka. He and his wife, Shirley Brooks, are publishers of Brooks Books and co-editors of Mayfly haiku magazine. His most recent books include Walking the Fence: Selected Tanka and The Art of Reading and Writing Haiku: A Reader Response Approach.

Butterfly Dream: Smell of Rain Haiku by Randy Brooks

English Original

kids press noses

into grandma’s screen door

the smell of rain

Randy Brooks

 

Chinese Translation (Traditional)

孩子們的鼻子

緊壓在奶奶的紗門

雨的味道

Chinese Translation (Simplified)

孩子们的鼻子

紧压在奶奶的纱门

雨的味道

 

Bio Sketch 

 

Dr. Randy Brooks is Professor of English Emeritus at Millikin University in Decatur, Illinois, where he teaches courses on haiku, tanka, and Japanese poetics. He and his wife, Shirley Brooks, are publishers of Brooks Books and co-editors of Mayfly haiku magazine. His most recent books include Walking the Fence: Selected Tanka and The Art of Reading and Writing Haiku: A Reader Response Approach.