One Man's Maple Moon: Dictator Statue Tanka by George Swede

English Original

A snow cap
on the statue of
the dictator…
it tumbles from an
insurgence of air 

American Tanka, 21, 2012

George Swede


Chinese Translation (Traditional)

積雪蓋
在獨裁者雕像
的頭頂上 ...
它從擾動的氣流中
翻滾下來

Chinese Translation (Simplified)

积雪盖
在独裁者雕像
的头顶上 ...
它从扰动的气流中
翻滚下来


Bio Sketch

George Swede has published two collections of tanka: First Light, First Shadows (Liverpool: Snapshot Press, 2006) and White Thoughts, Blue Mind (Edmonton: Inkling Press, 2010). His tanka have also appeared in a number of anthologies, including The Tanka Anthology (Red Moon Press, 2003) and a number of journals, including Ribbons and Gusts.