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

Wednesday, June 9, 2010

Flies and I (Sijo)

After a cascade of showers
slanting sunlight slips into my room

Followed by a swarm of flies
buzzing around like aimless tourists

Alone, I have nothing to do but
become their tour guide


September, 2009 issue of Word Catalyst