Butterfly Dream: Bread and Poems Haiku by vincent tripi

English Original

winter evening --

grandma's recipe for bread

among my poems

Global Haiku, 2000

vincent tripi 

Chinese Translation (Traditional)

冬日的夜晚 --

在我的一堆詩稿中

奶奶的麵包食譜

Chinese Translation (Simplified)

冬日的夜晚 --

在我的一堆诗稿中

奶奶的面包食谱

Bio Sketch

Founder of The Haiku Circle, vincent tripi was closely associated with the spiritual movement in American Haiku. He wrote haiku for over 35 years, and published 14 books of haiku. Most of his haiku reflect a Buddhist foundation.

Butterfly Dream: Selfie Haiku by Milan Rajkumar

English Original

food bank

the Minister's selfie 

with the poor

Cattails, October 2020

Milan Rajkumar

Chinese Translation (Traditional)

食物銀行

部長與窮人

的自拍照

Chinese Translation (Simplified)

食物银行

部长与穷人

的自拍照

Bio Sketch

Milan Rajkumar is a  secondary school teacher who teaches economics while writing haiku. He lives in a corner of the north eastern India. Genetically a mongoloid by look and food, he speaks a Tibeto-Burman language known as 'Manipuri' ‘Meiteilon’.  Writing is his passion since childhood. Nowadays he writes haiku every day and night.

One Man's Maple Moon: Glazed Tarts Tanka by Samantha Sirimanne Hyde

English Original

finally

taking baby steps

to accept myself

I eye those glazed tarts

at the local patisserie

Atlas Poetica, 33, 2018

Samantha Sirimanne Hyde

Chinese Translation (Traditional)

終於

我邁出嬰兒的步伐

接受自己的體型

我瞪著當地糕點店

的那些釉面餡餅

Chinese Translation (Simplified)

终于

我迈出婴儿的步伐

接受自己的体型

我瞪着当地糕点店

的那些釉面馅饼

Bio Sketch

Samantha Sirimanne Hyde was born in Sri Lanka and now lives in Australia. She enjoys dabbling in short fiction, free verse, haiku, tanka and other Japanese poetry forms.

Butterfly Dream: Night Chill Haiku by Fay Aoyagi

English Original

night chill

rearranging the order

of canned soups

Simply Haiku, 3:4, Winter 2005

Fay Aoyagi

Chinese Translation (Traditional)

夜晚的寒意

重新安排罐頭湯

的擺放順序

Chinese Translation (Simplified)

夜晚的寒意

重新安排罐头汤

的摆放顺序

 

 

Bio Sketch

Fay Aoyagi （青柳飛）was born in Tokyo and immigrated to the U.S. in 1982. She is currently a member of Haiku Society of America and Haiku Poets of Northern California. She serves as an associate editor of The Heron's Nest.  She also writes in Japanese and belongs to two Japanese haiku groups; Ten'I (天為) and "Aki"（秋), and  she is a member of Haijin Kyokai (俳人協会).

Butterfly Dream: Canning Day Haiku by Jan Benson

English Original

canning day
apple peels quilt
the table top

tinywords, February 12 2014
 
Jan Benson


Chinese Translation (Traditional)

做罐頭日

蘋果皮覆蓋

整個桌面

Chinese Translation (Simplified)

做罐头日

苹果皮覆盖

整个桌面

Bio Sketch

Jan Benson was a Pushcart Prize nominated haiku poet. Her haiku were published in many of the world's leading haiku journals and magazines. Jan was a member of The World Haiku Association and Poetry Society of Texas. Jan's profile can be found on The Haiku Foundation "Poet Registry" and online at The Living Haiku Anthology.

One Man's Maple Moon: Sigh Tanka by Aya Yuhki

English Original

cutting
a green cabbage in two
something
like a sigh
slips out

Something Like a Sigh

Aya Yuhki


Chinese Translation (Traditional)

將一顆綠色包心菜
切割成兩半
某種東西
像一聲嘆息
滑出來

Chinese Translation (Simplified)

将一颗绿色包心菜
切割成两半
某种东西
像一声叹息
滑出来


Bio Sketch

Aya Yuhki was born and now lives in Tokyo. She started writing tanka more than thirty years ago and has expanded her interests to include free verse poetry, essay writing, and literary criticism. Aya Yuhki is Editor-in-Chief of The Tanka Journal published by the Japan Poets’ Society. Her works are featured on the homepage of the Japan Pen Club’s Electronic Library.