Chen-ou Liu's Translation Project: First English-Chinese Haiku and Tanka Blog

Friday, March 26, 2010

The Floating World

Struck by its sharpness and fragility, I study a blade of grass. This opens my eyes to spring blossoms and winter snow, to nature's wide horizon, to the world I live in.

on the bent tip
of a blade of grass
a dewdrop

Haibun Today, Vol., 3