Biting NOT Barking: Refugee Train Haiku by Debbie Strange

English Original

refugee train

small hands starfished

against the glass

 

First Place, 2024 Triveni Awards

Debbie Strange

Chinese Translation (Traditional)

難民列車

小手像海星一樣張開

緊貼著玻璃

Chinese Translation (Simplified)

难民列车

小手像海星一样张开

紧贴着玻璃

Bio Sketch

Debbie Strange is a chronically ill Canadian short form poet, haiga artist, and photographer. Snapshot Press released her first full-length haiku collection, Random Blue Sparks, in 2024. It received 3rd Place honours in the 2025 Haiku Society of America’s Merit Book Awards. An archive of awards and publications can be accessed at http://debbiemstrange.blogspot.ca/ and you are welcome to follow her @Debbie_Strange on X and @debbiemstrange on Instagram.

Butterfly Dream: Refugee Camp Haiku by Neha Singh Soni

English Original

tents go dark

in the refugee camp

winter moon

Autumn Moon Haiku Journal, 9:1, 2025/26

Neha Singh Soni 

Chinese Translation (Traditional)

難民營的帳篷

一片漆黑

冬月

Chinese Translation (Simplified)

难民营的帐篷

一片漆黑

冬月

Bio Sketch

Neha Singh Soni is a chartered accountant from India with a deep love for poetry especially haiku. Her poetry has been published in many international journals. Through her poems Neha aims to celebrate life's simple moments and connect with the readers on a profound level. 

Biting NOT Barking: Geese and Refugees Haiku by Ernest J. Berry

English Original

frosty morning

migrating geese

and refugees

Forgotten War, 2016

Ernest J. Berry

Chinese Translation (Traditional)

霜凍的早晨

遷徙的大雁

和難民

Chinese Translation (Simplified)

霜冻的早晨

迁徙的大雁

和难民

Bio Sketch

Ernest J. Berry was born in 1929 in Christchurch, New Zealand. After a decade of shepherding, he spent several years in business before retiring to a beach in Mexico where he rediscovered his boyhood love of poetry. He un-retired in 1993 and settled in Picton. After founding Picton Poets in 1994, he started teaching haiku in workshops, secondary schools  and haiku meetings. Two of his haiku books were honoured with Merit Book Awards from The Haiku Society of America.