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Haiku
French translations by Anne Seite
English and Spanish by Sue Littleton
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paper doves flutter
black ink words etched on white wings
love letters fly home
palomas de papel aletean
palabras de tinta negra escritas sobre alas blancas
cartas de amor vuelan a casa
colombes en papier batifolent
des mots gravés en encre noir sur les ailes blanches
billets doux volant vers la maison
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winter walks chained pet
unleashes howling fury
wind bares icy fangs
invierno camina su mascota encadenado
suelta furia aullando
viento muestra comillas glaciales
l´hiver mate enchainé
hurlant sa colère
le vent montre des crocs de glace
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moon wears white nightgown
twines mist flowers in her hair
sighs love poems to sea
la luna se viste con camisón blanca
entreteja flores de bruma en su pelo
suspira poesías de amor al mar
la lune porte sa blanche nuisette
tresse fleurs de brume dans ses cheveaux
soupire des poémes d’amour à la me
Sue Littleton: Born September 25, 1932, in Abilene, Texas, poet Sue Littleton lives in Buenos Aires, Argentina. She has published in various anthologies and literary magazines. She is one of the four founders in 1992 of the Austin (Texas) International Poetry Festival. Sue writes in both Spanish and English, and her last five books are bilingual: Images, Melange, A Love Affair, The Last Stone and Sueku/Suku, dedicated to the Japanese haiku. Sue is an investigative and historical poet; her bilingual epic poem, “Corn Woman, Mujer Maíz, the history of corn , which in turn is the history of the great civilizations of the Americas at the time of the Conquest and before, is available in Kindle and soft-cover on Amazon, as well as her autobiographical book The Ranch on the Pecos River.
Sue recently worked with David Roberts, British editor of www.warpoetry.co.uk on an anthology of poems (Falklands War Poetry) by English veterans, Argentines and Sue herself) concerning the Malvinas/Falklands War, which included translating Argentine poets to English and writing a series of 25 annotated poems. She is currently presenting the Spanish version of the book as La guerra de las Malvinas (The Malvinas War).
Her latest bilingual book is The Little Snake Goddess of Crete, published by Botella al Mar, Uruguay, Her book The Poems of Istanbul was published in poetryrepairs, the on-line literary magazine.
Email: Sue Littleton
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