Translated into Chinese by Chen-ou Liu:
angry words
the gossip of gulls
d r i f t i n g
Failed Haiku 7, 2016
Mouth Full of Stones, 2020
Chen-ou Liu's Comments:
L1 sets the tone and mood of the haiku while the cacophonous squawking of gulls in Ls 2&3 not only provides an emotionally and auditorily resonant link-and-shift relationship with L1, but also gives a hint of what caused these angry words/response. And the layout of L3 implies the spread of this gossip...
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