Tuesday, December 5, 2017

Butterfly Dream: Winter Road Haiku by Tom Drescher

English Original

winter road
a shadow
coughs

Acorn, 24, 2010

Tom Drescher


Chinese Translation (Traditional)

冬天道路
一個影子
在咳嗽

Chinese Translation (Simplified)

冬天道路
一个影子
在咳嗽


Bio Sketch

Tom Drescher has an academic background in English literature but over the years has worked in a number of fields. He is now retired to the family home in the Kootenay region of British Columbia.

1 comment:

  1. Combined with the emotionally resonant juxtaposition of winter road and lone walker, Tom's use of metonymy ("shadow" for "person/walker") is poignant, effectively conveying a sense of melancholy.

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