I am glad that some of my short poems from my earlier collection, “The Tiny Pebbles” published in 2011, have been translated into Romanian by Olimpia IACOB and have been featured in the current issue (NR.24 februarie, 2015) of “Confesiuni”. I express my gratitude to her for her inspiration and kind gesture.

old palace--
the guide speaks on
behalf of the king

tinywords Issue: 15.1 , 24.3.2015 (Eds Kathe.L Palka and Peter Newton)
http://tinyurl.com/oau8plw
http://tinywords.com/2015/03/24/18312/

a solitary kite

in the twilight sky

dusk deepens

unfolding the heaviness

of her long loneliness

A Hundred Gourds, 4:2, March 2015 (Ed. Susan Constable)

http://www.ahundredgourds.com/ahg42/tanka05.html

History of Indian Haiku by Kala Ramesh

http://www.thehaikufoundation.org/omeka/files/original/338c0717357ce525a55926efc61d35d0.pdf

One Man’s Maple Moon:

I reminisce
your childhood smile ...
like a butterfly
I chase
in the garden

Ribbons, 10:1, Winter 2014 

Pravat Kumar Padhy


Chinese Translation (Traditional)

我懷念
你的童年笑容 ...
就像一隻蝴蝶
我在花園裡
追逐它
   
Chinese Translation (Simplified)

我怀念
你的童年笑容 ...
就像一只蝴蝶
我在花园里
追逐它

Chen-ou Liu, 劉鎮歐February 19, 2015 at 8:48 PM

The upper verse establishes the thematic context while the butterfly simile in the lower verse enhances the visual and emotional aspects of the poem.

And the verb, reminisce ("indulge in enjoyable recollection of past events," not just remember past events) in the upper verse, resonates well with the emotional point (like a butterfly chasing in the garden") of the lower verse.

http://neverendingstoryhaikutanka.blogspot.in/2015/02/one-mans-maple-moon-childhood-smile.html

sparkling light--

crows shift darkness

from tree to tree

Shamrock No.30 February 2015 (Ed. Anatoly Kudryavitsky)

http://shamrockhaiku.webs.com/currentissue.htm

an exhibition

of pencil-sketches

in the nest

eggs about to hatch

to discover light of day

red lights, Vol. 11 No.1 January, 2015 (Ed. Marilyn Hazelton)