Butterfly Dream: First Cicada Haiku by Sergio A. Ortiz

English Original

first cicada of the season inside your ripped jeans

Sergio A. Ortiz


Chinese Translation (Traditional)

本季的第一隻蟬在你的撕開牛仔褲裡面

Chinese Translation (Simplified)

本季的第一只蝉在你的撕开牛仔裤里面


Bio Sketch

Sergio A. Ortiz is the founding editor of Undertow Tanka Review. He lives in San Juan Puerto Rico.  He is a four-time nominee for the 2010-2011 Sundress Best of the Web Anthology, and a two-time 2010 Pushcart nominee.

Butterfly Dream: Cicada Haiku by Irene Golas

English Original

first cicada…
a feeling of something
running out

Breccia

Irene Golas


Chinese Translation (Traditional)

第一隻蟬
一種用盡
的感覺

Chinese Translation (Simplified)

第一只蝉
一种用尽
的感觉


Bio Sketch

Irene Golas has published poetry in a number of haiku and tanka journals, including Acorn, Eucalypt, Frogpond, Heron’s Nest, Ribbons, and Simply Haiku. Her work has also appeared in Carpe Diem: Canadian Anthology of Haiku; Take Five: Best Contemporary Tanka (2010) and other anthologies. In 2012, she and Ignatius Fay published Breccia, a collection of haiku and related forms. She lives in Sudbury, Ontario.