Winter Sunshine Haiku

classroom window

a boy taps the first day

of winter sunshine

Chinese Translation

教室窗口

一個男孩輕輕拍打

冬季第一天的陽光

Ardea, 8, 2023

Selected Haiku: Lingering Doubts Haiku

four-leaf clover ...
these lingering doubts
about her love

Chinese Translation

四葉苜
關於她的愛這些揮之不去
的疑問

Ardea, 7, 2017

Selected Haiku: Blind Date Haiku

blind date
her face half revealed
in moonlight

Chinese Translation

相親之夜
她的臉只有一半顯露
在月光下

Ardea, 6, 2016

First Sip Haiku

first sip of tea

bare cedar branches

cup the moon

Shamrock, 40, 2018; reprint Ardea, 8, 2023

Chinese Translation

第一口茶

光禿的雪松樹枝

撐住一輪明月

The Moon and Kingfish Haiku

kingfish jumping over the moon I alone

Chinese Translation

石首魚跳躍過月亮我獨自一人

Ardea, 7, 2017

Four-Leaf Clover Haiku

four-leaf clover ...
these lingering doubts
about her love
   
Chinese Translation

四葉苜
關於她的愛這些揮之不去
的疑問
   
Ardea, 7, 2017

White Lies Haiku

reading
between his white lies
stratus clouds
   
Chinese Translation

解讀他的
各種白色謊言
層積雲

Ardea, 7, 2017

Selected Haiku: Lunar New Year Haiku

Lunar New Year
I become a Chinese
once again

Chinese Translation

農曆新年
再一次我又成為
中國人

Ardea, 3, 2013

Selected Haiku: Wing to Wing Haiku

two white doves
flying wing-to-wing
my dog and I

Chinese Translation

白鴿
比翼雙飛
老狗與我

Ardea, 3, 2013

Selected Haiku: Moon Festival Haiku

Moon Festival… 
I open the window
letting out silence

Chinese Translation

中秋節…
我打開窗戶
讓寂靜逃逸

Ardea, 2, 2012

Selected Haiku: The Dog Inside My Heart Haiku

nine autumns past
the dog inside my heart stops
barking at the moon

Chinese Translation

九秋…
我心中的狗停止
對月亮咆哮

Ardea, 2, 2012

Selected Haiku: Stray Dog Haiku

autumn chill
a stray dog sits
on my shadow

Chinese Translation

秋寒
一隻流浪狗坐在
我的影子

Ardea, 2, 2012

Selected Haiku: Divorce Court Haiku

divorce court ...
the little boy stares
at the ceiling fan

Chinese Translation

離婚法庭 ...
小男孩直瞪
壁扇

Ardea, 1, Summer 2011

Blind Date Haiku

blind date
her face half revealed
in moonlight

Chinese Translation

相親之夜
她的臉只有一半顯露
在月光下

Ardea, 6, 2016

Flickering TV Screen Haiku

the pitter-patter
of winter evening ...
TV screen flickering

Chinese Translation

冬天晚上
滴答滴答的雨聲 ...
電視螢幕閃爍不定

Ardea, 6, 2016

Face Haiku

English Original

staring me in the face winter solstice

Chinese Translation

盯著我的臉冬至

Ardea, 5, 2015

False Dawn Haiku

a cricket's chirp
carries me home...
false dawn

Chinese Translation

蟋蟀唧唧聲
伴我回家......
破曉之前

Ardea, 4, 2014

Lunar New Year Haiku

Lunar New Year
I become a Chinese
once again

Chinese Translation

農曆新年
再一次我又成為
中國人

Ardea, #3, 2013

White Doves Haiku

two white doves
flying wing-to-wing
my dog and I

Chinese Translation

白鴿
比翼雙飛
老狗與我

Ardea, #3, 2013

Autumn Haiku

nine autumns past
the dog inside my heart stops
barking at the moon

Chinese Translation

九秋…
我心中的狗停止
對月亮咆哮

Ardea, #2, 2012