first sunrise ...
alone in the attic room
my midlife
drained of all, hungry
for the silence
Second Place, 2017 World Tanka Poetry Contest
Butterfly Dream: Dead Cat Haiku by Michael McClintock
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*English Original*
dead cat ...
open-mouthed
to the pouring rain
*The Haiku Anthology*, 1986
Michael McClintock
*Chinese Translation (Traditional)*
一隻死...