Butterfly Dream: Feathered Eyes Haiku by Gareth Nurden

English Original 

summer blue

the peacock stills

feathered eyes

Gareth Nurden 

 

Chinese Translation (Traditional)

夏日湛藍

一隻孔雀靜止

眼睛般的羽毛

Chinese Translation (Simplified)

夏日湛蓝

一只孔雀静止

眼睛般的羽毛

 

Bio Sketch

Gareth Nurden was born in Newport, Wales and has had several-hundred pieces of haiku, senryu and haiga published in over twenty countries worldwide such as Wales, Canada, Russia, Japan, Australia and more and has had several pieces nominated for Haiku Foundation Touchstone Award for individual poem in 2024 and 2025.

Butterfly Dream: Hazelnut Picking Haiku by Alan Summers

English Original 

hazelnut picking

the child in a memory puts 

my hand to the moon

Honourable Mention, Autumn Moon Haiku Contest 2021 

 

Alan Summers

 

Chinese Translation (Traditional)

採摘榛子

記憶中的孩子

將我的手伸向月亮

Chinese Translation (Simplified)

采摘榛子

记忆中的孩子

将我的手伸向月亮

 

Bio Sketch

Alan Summers is founder of Call of the Page, and editor-in-chief of three journals: Blo͞o Outlier Journal, MahMight Haiku Journal, and Babylon Sidedoor. He is surrounded by cats, who often find their way in from an insecure attic window!

Butterfly Dream: Colored Lights Haiku by Marion Alice Poirier

English Original

colored lights

swinging in the fog ...

House for Sale

Marion Alice Poirier

Chinese Translation (Traditional)

彩色燈光

在霧中搖曳 …

待售房屋

Chinese Translation (Simplified)

彩色灯光

在雾中摇曳 ...

待售房屋

Bio Sketch

Marion Alice Poirier is a lifetime resident of Boston, MA. She began writing haiku in 2001 and eventually began to teach haiku in workshops on Poetry Circle and Emerging Poets. She also write short poetry and have been published in on-line haiku and short poetry journals like Tinywords, Hedgerow and The Heron's Nest.

Butterfly Dream: Ruby Slippers Haiku by Kristen Deming

English Original

alone now

no ruby slippers

to take me home

plum afternoon,  2017

Kristen Deming

Chinese Translation (Traditional)

現在孤單一人

沒有紅寶石拖鞋

帶我回家

Chinese Translation (Simplified)

现在孤单一人

没有红宝石拖鞋

带我回家

Bio Sketch

Kristen Deming was an accomplished haiku poet and lover of literature. Her haiku collection, Plum Afternoon was a finalist in the Haiku Society of America's Merit Book Award in 2017. As a past president of the Haiku Society of America and active member in the haiku community in Japan for many years, one of Kristen's enduring contributions to the haiku communities around the world was a weekly poetry column in the Japan Times called "Haiku Moments" that she co-wrote with a Japanese colleague for six years, helping to open the world of haiku to English speakers and to give glimpses of Japanese culture through the lens of haiku. 

Butterfly Dream: Used Books Haiku by George Swede

English Original

used bookstore

a sunset beam lights a row

of forgotten authors

Almost Unseen, 2000

George Swede

Chinese Translation (Traditional)

二手書店

夕陽的光芒照亮一排

被遺忘的作者

Chinese Translation (Simplified)

二手书店

夕阳的光芒照亮一排

被遗忘的作者

Bio Sketch

George Swede's most recent collections of haiku are Almost Unseen (Decatur, IL: Brooks Books, 2000), Joy In Me Still (Edmonton: Inkling Press, 2010) and micro haiku: three to nine syllables (Inspress, 2014). He is a former editor of Frogpond: Journal of the Haiku Society of America (2008-2012) and a former Honorary Curator of the American Haiku Archives (2008-2009).

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: Solitude Haiku by Natalia Kuznetsova

English Original

solitude ...

a nightingale's solo

out of darkness 

Enchanted Garden, 16, 2026

Natalia Kuznetsova

Chinese Translation (Traditional)

獨處 ...

來自黑暗

夜鶯的獨唱

Chinese Translation (Simplified) 

独处 ...

来自黑暗

夜莺的独唱

Bio Sketch

Living in Moscow, Russia, Natalia Kuznetsova is a teacher of English and freelance interpreter. Before discovering the haiku world, she wrote poetry in Russian. She started writing tanka and mostly haiku in English in 2007, and participated in numerous competitions worldwide and won some awards. She contributes regularly to World Haiku Review, Asahi Haikuist Network, Daily Haiku, Poetry Pea and other traditional and on-line publications. She was included on the list of "European Top 100 Most Creative Haiku Authors" from 2010 to 2023.

Butterfly Dream: Obituary Column Haiku by Pravat Kumar Padhy

English Original

obituary column messaging silence into the sky

Under the Basho, August 28 2017

Pravat Kumar Padhy 

Chinese Translation (Traditional)

訃聞專欄向天空傳達沉默的訊息

Chinese Translation (Simplified)

讣闻专栏向天空传达沉默的讯息

Bio Sketch

Pravat Kumar Padhy, a poet-scientist, did his Masters and Ph.D from IIT-Dhanbad, India. Work referred in Spectrum History of Indian Literature in English, Alienation in Contemporary Indian English Poetry etc. His Japanese short form of poetry appeared in many international journals. He is a recipient of Editor’s Choice Awards, Special and Honourable Mentions. His fourth collection of verses, Ripple of Resonance, is in press.

Butterfly Dream: Cliff Edge Haiku by Marion Clarke

English Original

cliff edge —

a burning sky

behind us

Honourable Mention, IHS International Haiku Competition 2022

Marion Clarke 

Chinese Translation (Traditional)

懸崖邊緣—

在我們的身後

火燒的天空

Chinese Translation (Simplified)

悬崖边缘—

在我们的身后

火烧的天空

Bio Sketch

Marion Clarke is from the east coast of Northern Ireland. Growing up surrounded by the scenic shores of Carlingford Lough, the Mourne Mountains and Kilbroney Forest Park,  she was destined to write haiku.

Butterfly Dream: Blue Bones Haiku by Susan Constable

English Original

knife cold swimming into blue bones

Modern Haiku, 44:1, 2013

Susan Constable

Chinese Translation (Traditional)

刀刃冰冷般地游入藍骨

Chinese Translation (Simplified)

刀刃冰冷般地游入蓝骨

Bio Sketch

Susan Constable (1943–2026) was an award-winning Canadian poet whose haiku and tanka appeared widely in global journals. She authored the acclaimed collection The Eternity of Waves and served as tanka editor for A Hundred Gourds (2012–2016). Constable also co-edited multiple anthologies and judged numerous international short-form poetry contests. 

Butterfly Dream: Snowplow's Light Haiku by Jacek Margolak

English Original

night deepens

the snowplow's light

fading in the drift

Jacek Margolak 

Chinese Translation (Traditional)

夜色漸深

鏟雪車的燈光漸漸

消失在雪堆中

Chinese Translation (Simplified)

夜色渐深

铲雪车的灯光渐渐

消失在雪堆中

Bio Sketch

Born in Rzeszów, Jacek Margolak now lives in Kielce, Poland. A printing technologist by profession, he has spent nearly twenty years writing Japanese short-form poetry, sometimes blending haiku with prose. His work appears in leading international journals and has received awards in Polish and Japanese competitions. 

Butterfly Dream: Grandfather's Vine Haiku by Denis M. Garrison

English Original

bits of trellis

deep within its coils —

grandfather's vine

Eight Shades of Blue, 2007

Denis M. Garrison

Chinese Translation (Traditional)

棚架的碎片

深深嵌入藤蔓的蜷曲之中 —

祖父的藤蔓

Chinese Translation (Simplified)

棚架的碎片

深深嵌入藤蔓的蜷曲之中 —

祖父的藤蔓

Bio Sketch

Denis M. Garrison was born in Iowa, USA, and his childhood was spent in Japan, youth in Europe, Africa and western Pacific. His poetry’s widely published. Garrison’s print collections include First Winter Rain,Eight Shades of Blue, Hidden River, Sailor in the Rain and Other Poems, and Fire Blossoms.

Butterfly Dream: Held Breath Haiku by Sonam Chhoki

English Original

first rain releasing held breath of summer

tinywords, 13:3, 2013

Sonam Chhoki 

Chinese Translation (Traditional)

第一場雨釋放夏日屏息的呼吸

Chinese Translation (Simplified)

第一场雨释放夏日屏息的呼吸

Bio Sketch

Sonam Chhoki finds the Japanese short form poetry resonates with her Tibetan Buddhist upbringing.  She is inspired by her father, Sonam Gyamtsho, the architect of Bhutan's non-monastic modern education and by her mother, Chhoden Jangmu, who taught her: “Being a girl doesn’t mean you can’t do anything.” She is the principal editor, and co-editor of haibun for the United Haiku and Tanka Society journal, cattails.

Butterfly Dream: Blackbird's Song Haiku by Fatma Zohra Habis

English Original 

spring drizzle

my friend returns 

in blackbird’s song 

EJCA Spring Haiku Anthology, 2026

Fatma Zohra Habis

 

Chinese Translation (Traditional)

春雨綿綿

在黑鳥的歌聲中

我的朋友歸來

Chinese Translation (Simplified)

春雨绵绵

在黑鸟的歌声中

我的朋友归来

 

Bio Sketch

Fatma Zohra Habis lives in Algeria. She loves poetry and Japanese culture. Her specialty is physics. Her haiku and tanka have been published in journals around the world, such as Enchanted Garden, The Sacred Dragonfly, The Leaf Journal, and haikuKatha.

Butterfly Dream: Sipping Sherry Haiku by Marion Alice Poirier

English Original

sipping sherry ...

through the humid dusk

cricket song

Marion Alice Poirier

Chinese Translation (Traditional)

啜飲雪莉酒 ...

蟋蟀的鳴叫滲透

潮濕悶熱的黃昏

Chinese Translation (Simplified)

啜饮雪莉酒 ...

蟋蟀的鸣叫渗透

潮湿闷热的黄昏

Bio Sketch

Marion Alice Poirier is a lifetime resident of Boston, MA. She began writing haiku in 2001 and eventually began to teach haiku in workshops on Poetry Circle and Emerging Poets. She also write short poetry and have been published in on-line haiku and short poetry journals like Tinywords, Hedgerow and The Heron's Nest.

Butterfly Dream: Lightning Flash Haiku by David Watts

English Original

lightning flash

my whiskey

rippling

David Watts

Chinese Translation (Traditional)

閃電

我的威士忌酒杯

泛起漣漪

Chinese Translation (Simplified)

闪电

我的威士忌酒杯

泛起涟漪

Bio Sketch

David Watts' most recent haiku collection is Breath (Red Moon Press, 2026). He has published poetry, short stories, mysteries, memoir and westerns and is professor of English and Poetry Writing at the Fromm Institute of San Francisco. He is a scientist, a classically trained musician and creator of poetry workshops.

Butterfly Dream: Rain Barrel Haiku by Travis Park

English Original

rain barrel

a cloud settles

into itself

LEAF, 10, July 2026

Travis Park

Chinese Translation (Traditional)

雨桶

一朵雲沉入

雲層中

Chinese Translation (Simplified)

雨桶

一朵云沉入

云层中

Bio Sketch

Travis Park is an Indiana poet and photographer whose work has appeared or is forthcoming in Modern Haiku, Presence, Ribbons, Wales Haiku Journal, McNeese Review, The Listening Eye, and other journals.

Butterfly Dream: Summer Pond Haiku by Bruce Ross

English Original

summer pond —

wild yellow irises lean

in the shadows

spring clouds haiku, 2012

Bruce Ross

Chinese Translation (Traditional)

夏日池塘—

野生的黃色鳶尾花斜倚

在陰影中

Chinese Translation (Simplified)

夏日池塘—

野生的黄色鸢尾花斜倚

在阴影中

Bio Sketch

Bruce Ross, Ph.D., former president of the HSA, was the editor of anthologies such as the seminal Haiku Moment and, more recently, co-editor of A Vast Sky. He was the founding editor of the online Autumn Moon Haiku Journal, and he authored many collections of haiku and haibun.

Butterfly Dream: Barking Dogs Haiku by Robert D. Wilson

English Original

barking dogs ...

the neighbors

singing karaoke

Jack Fruit Moon, 2009

Robert D. Wilson

Chinese Translation (Traditional)

狗吠聲 ...

鄰居們

唱卡拉OK

Chinese Translation (Simplified)

狗吠声 ...

邻居们

唱卡拉OK

Bio Sketch

Robert D. Wilson is Co-Owner of Simply Haiku.

Biting NOT Barking: Trail Sign Haiku by Michael Dylan Welch

English Original

salal in shadow—

another trail sign

riddled with bullet holes

Modern Haiku, 52:2, Summer 2021

Michael Dylan Welch

 

Chinese Translation (Traditional)

陰影中薩拉爾灌木—

又一個步道標誌

佈滿彈孔

Chinese Translation (Simplified)

阴影中萨拉尔灌木—

又一个步道标志

布满弹孔

 

Bio Sketch

Michael Dylan Welch is the founder of the Tanka Society of America (2000), and co-founder of Haiku North America conference (1991) and the American Haiku Archives (1996). In 2010 he also started National Haiku Writing Month (NaHaiWriMo), which takes place every February, with an active Facebook page. His personal website is www.graceguts.com, which features hundreds of essays, reviews, reports, and other content, including examples of his published poetry.