I think,
therefore I am
free to be
a co-owner
of my mother tongue,
the fighter
for my opinions,
the judge
of my conscience,
the planner
of my destiny,
and yet locked up
in the iron cage
of the zeitgeist,
I think.
December 2009 issue of Word Catalyst
Butterfly Dream: Court Summons Haiku by John Richard Stephens
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*English Original*
court summons—
I carefully fold it
into a crane
*The Heron’s Nest*, 28:2, June 2026
John Richard Stephens
*Chinese Translation (Tradi...
