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Sunday, February 24, 2013

Butterfly Dream: Lantern Haiku by Michael McClintock

English Original

to each other
in the dark --
waving lanterns

Second Prize, San Francisco International Haiku Competition 2009

Michael McClintock


Chinese Translation (Traditional)

在黑暗中
面對彼此 --
搖晃的燈籠

Chinese Translation (Simplified)

在黑暗中
面对彼此
摇晃的灯笼


Bio Sketch

Michael McClintock's lifework in haiku, tanka, and related literature spans over four decades. His many contributions to the field include six years as president of the Tanka Society of America (2004-2010) and contributing editor, essayist, and poet for dozens of journals, anthologies, landmark collections and critical studies. McClintock now lives in Clovis, California, where he works as an independent scholar, consultant for public libraries, and poet. Meals at Midnight [tanka], Sketches from the San Joaquin [haiku] and Streetlights: Poetry of Urban Life in Modern English Tanka, are some of his recent titles.