Butterfly Dream: Thrift Shop Coat Haiku by Sharon Rhutasel-Jones

English Original

thrift shop coat
her arms
shorter than mine

Bottle Rockets, winter 2016

Sharon Rhutasel-Jones


Chinese Translation (Traditional)

舊貨店外套
她的手臂
比我的手臂短

Chinese Translation (Simplified)

旧货店外套
她的手臂
比我的手臂短


Bio Sketch

Sharon Rhutasel-Jones is the author of Living by Ear: a Memoir of a Wayward Teacher and The Teacher Who Learned from Cats which she wrote after retiring from teaching for 52 years.  She lives with her husband and two cats in the village of Los Ranchos, New Mexico.

Butterfly Dream: Tai Chi Master Haiku by Sharon Rhutasel-Jones

English Original

cherry blossoms
fluttering in the breeze
Tai Chi master's moves

Sharon Rhutasel-Jones


Chinese Translation (Traditional)

櫻花
在微風中飄揚
太極大師的步法

Chinese Translation (Simplified)

樱花
在微风中飘扬
太极大师的步法


Bio Sketch 

Sharon Rhutasel-Jones is the author of Living by Ear: a Memoir of a Wayward Teacher and The Teacher Who Learned from Cats which she wrote after retiring from teaching for 52 years.  She lives with her husband and two cats in the village of Los Ranchos, New Mexico.

Butterfly Dream: Paupers' Cemetery Haiku by Sharon Rhutasel-Jones

English Original

paupers' cemetery
only the clouds
come and go

Modern Haiku, 48:1, Winter/Spring 2017

Sharon Rhutasel-Jones


Chinese Translation (Traditional)

貧民窟墓園
只有雲彩
來來去去

Chinese Translation (Simplified)

贫民窟墓园
只有云彩
来来去去

Bio Sketch 

Sharon Rhutasel-Jones is the author of Living by Ear: a Memoir of a Wayward Teacher and The Teacher Who Learned from Cats which she wrote after retiring from teaching for 52 years.  She lives with her husband and two cats in the village of Los Ranchos, New Mexico.