grey cloud, white cloud
on a branch
a blackbird swinging
Elizabeth Crocket
Chinese Translation (Traditional)
灰雲，白雲
一隻黑鳥
在樹枝上搖擺
Chinese Translation (Simplified)
灰云，白云
一只黑鸟
在树枝上摇摆
Bio Sketch
Elizabeth
Crocket writes haiku, senryu, tanka, haibun and photo-haiga. She has
two chapbooks published by Red Moon Press. Her first women's fiction
novel will be published in 2018. Samples of Elizabeth's writing can be
found on her website.
This is a good example of implementing and realizing W.C.Williams' poetic concept of "no ideas but in things." These concrete, vivid images of drifting gray and white clouds and a blackbird swinging on a branch successfully make the poem, opening up an interpretative space for the reader's engagement.
ReplyDeleteThe language of haiku is the language of particulars.