on the back of a refugee a pregnant dog thrashing the shore current

is/let, 21.3.2020 (Ed. Scott Metz)

https://isletpoetry.wordpress.com/2020/03/21/3846/

Butterfly Dream: Coronavirus Haiku by Pravat Kumar Padhy

English Original, March 21, 2020

English Original

coronavirus ...
even the shadows
drift away

Pravat Kumar Padhy


Chinese Translation (Traditional)

新冠狀病毒 ...
甚至陰影
都漸行漸遠

Chinese Translation (Simplified)

新冠状病毒 ...
甚至阴影
都渐行渐远

Comment by Chen-ou Liu, 劉鎮歐 March 21, 2020

Enhanced by the use of "synecdoche," the juxtaposition of coronavirus and shadows drifting away effectively conveys a sense of a public health crisis.

http://neverendingstoryhaikutanka.blogspot.com/2020/03/butterfly-dream-coronavirus-haiku-by.html#comment-form

Butterfly Dream: Winter Soup Haiku by Pravat Kumar Padhy

English Original

winter soup --
I remember the way
my grandmother hums

Akita: The Land of Poetry, 2014

Pravat Kumar Padhy


Chinese Translation (Traditional)

冬天熱湯
我記得祖母哼吟
的樣子

Chinese Translation (Simplified)

冬天热汤
我记得祖母哼吟
的样子

Chen-ou Liu, 劉鎮歐March 14, 2020

L1 sets the scene while an emotional undercurrent runs through Ls 2&3. A moment of happiness/satisfaction is keenly captured in the heartwarming image of the speaker's grandmother's humming.

Emotionally and tonally speaking, it might be interesting to do a comparative reading of the following haiku:

pumpkin soup
tasting a spoonful
of sunset

Stardust Haiku, 10, October 2017

Hazel Hall

https://neverendingstoryhaikutanka.blogspot.com/2020/03/butterfly-dream-winter-soup-haiku-by.html?fbclid=IwAR16487CLhVGVqF49fBVlcGizJYPwWbcV6my8I9gpEBOtSOONtCvwQpq1rM

Dear Pravat,

CONGRATULATIONS! Your bio has been selected for inclusion in the Who’s Who of Emerging Writers to be published by Sweetycat Press and scheduled for release on Amazon on May 1, 2020.

You will be joining 110 other amazing poets, novelists, short story writers and non-fiction writers who have proven themselves as among the best emerging writing talents being published today.......

With Warmest Regards,
Steve Carr

layered shadows mountain behind mountain

Mamba, Issue 9, 2020 (Eds.Adjei Agyei-Baah and  Emmanuel Jessie Kalusian)

https://africahaikunetwork.files.wordpress.com/2020/03/mamba-issue-9.pdf