the length of yearning
is an ocean long
I measure
with its dewy arm
the size of loneliness
is ten by ten (square feet)
I commune
with its dark eyes
above my attic, hunger moon
smells like a rotten orange
inside my head, yesterday
whispers a thousand falling petals
Anthologized in Island Mists published by Poetry Institute of Canada
Butterfly Dream: Pregnant Buffalo Haiku by Angelee Deodhar
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*English Original*
late afternoon
up to its belly in hyacinths
a pregnant buffalo
*The Heron’s Nest,* 7:1, 2005
Angelee Deodhar
*Chinese Translation (Tr...