killing field
buttercups cling
to my shoe
First Place, Haiku Ireland Kukai, 17
Roberta Beary
Chinese Translation (Traditional)
屠殺戰場
一堆毛茛緊貼
我的鞋子
Chinese Translation (Simplified)
屠杀战场
一堆毛茛紧贴
我的鞋子
Bio Sketch
Roberta Beary is the haibun editor at Modern Haiku. Her bestselling collection The Unworn Necklace (Snapshot Press) won a Poetry Society of America finalist award. Her haibun collection Deflection (Accents Publishing) won the Eric Hoffer and Touchstone finalist awards. Follow her on twitter @shortpoemz.
The juxtaposition of the bloodstained killing field and these poisonous yellow buttercups is visually and emotionally poignant.
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