country wedding ...
the blue haze of eucalypt
for their altar oil
Beverley George
Chinese Translation (Traditional)
鄉村婚禮 ...
圍繞桉樹的藍色薄霧
成為他們的祭壇油
Chinese Translation (Simplified)
乡村婚礼 ...
围绕桉树的蓝色薄雾
成为他们的祭坛油
Bio Sketch
Beverley George is the past editor of Yellow Moon and the founder/editor of Eucalypt: a tanka journal 2006 - . In September 2009 she convened the 4th Haiku Pacific Rim Conference, in Terrigal, Australia. Beverley presented papers on haiku in Australia at the 3rd Haiku Pacific Rim conference in Matsuyama, Japan in 2007, and on Australian tanka at the 6th International Tanka Festival, Tokyo 2009. She was the president of the Australian Haiku Society 2006-2010.
Author's note:
ReplyDeleteEucalypts exude an oil that can turns the mountains around them blue, as in the well-known Blue Mountains west of Sydney.
L1 sets the theme while the riveting image in Ls 2&3 is invested with religious significance.
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