Monday, May 11, 2015

One Man's Maple Moon: Mother Tanka by Sylvia Forges-Ryan

English Original

this cold morning
missing my mother
I set out to find her
by beginning to read
the novel she loved

Take Five: Best Contemporary Tanka, 3, 2011

Sylvia Forges-Ryan


Chinese Translation (Traditional)

這個寒冷的早晨
想念媽媽
我步上找尋她的旅程
由開始閱讀
她所喜歡的小說

Chinese Translation (Simplified)

这个寒冷的早晨
想念妈妈
我步上找寻她的旅程
由开始阅读
她所喜欢的小说


Bio Sketch

Sylvia Forges-Ryan recently won Third Prize in the 2014 Robert Frost Poetry Contest for her poem, "On a Berkshire Hill". Her book, Take a Deep Breath: The Haiku Way to Inner Peace, which won an R. H. Blyth Honorable Mention for Outstanding Books in Haiku Literature from the World Haiku Review in 2013, was selected for permanent inclusion in the American Literature Collection of the Beinecke Library at Yale University.

1 comment:

  1. The unexpected yet powerful L5 elevates the poem out of the ordinary, and it reminds me of the following remarks:

    “We read to know we're not alone.” ― William Nicholson

    “You are the books you read, the films you watch, the music you listen to, the people you meet, the dreams you have, the conversations you engage in. You are what you take from these. ― Jac Vanek

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