One Man's Maple Moon: Tooth Fairy Tanka by Jari Thymian

English Original

a boy on the bus
finger-wiggles his loose tooth
I watch
as if I were
his tooth fairy

Jari Thymian


Chinese Translation (Traditional)

公車上一個男孩使用手指
搖晃一顆鬆動的牙齒
我注視著他
就好像我是
他的牙齒仙女

Chinese Translation (Simplified)

公车上一个男孩使用手指
摇晃一颗松动的牙齿
我注视著他
就好像我是
他的牙齿仙女 


Bio Sketch

Jari Thymian volunteers full-time in state and national parks across the United States. She and her husband live and travel in a 20-foot RV trailer with minimal possessions. Her haiku and tanka have appeared in American Tanka, Simply Haiku, Modern Haiku, Matrix Magazine, Prune Juice, and The Christian Science Monitor.