framed butterflies
hang over my niece’s desk
at summer’s end
this flutter of fear
on returning to school
Japanese Translation by Hidenori Hiruta
額縁に入っている蝶
姪の机に掛かっている
夏の終わりに
この不安の動悸
復学する際に
Akita International Haiku Network, March 30, 2019
Butterfly Dream: Deaf Man Haiku by Bill Pauly
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*English Original*
the deaf man
at his windowpane
touching thunder
*Walking Uneven Ground: Selected Haiku*, 2021
Bill Pauly
*Chinese Translation (Tradit...