another day
of collecting garbage
beside the road
a prisoner bends down
to pick a flower
red lights, 10:1, January 2014
Joyce S. Greene
Chinese Translation (Traditional)
又一天
收集放在路邊
的垃圾
一名囚犯彎腰
採摘一朵花
Chinese Translation (Simplified)
又一天
收集放在路边
的垃圾
一名囚犯弯腰
采摘一朵花
Bio Sketch
Joyce
S. Greene lives with her husband in Poughkeepsie, New York. A number
of her poems have been published in various tanka journals and tanka
anthologies. She works as a Senior Accountant for an insurance company.
The thematic and emotional shift in L5 makes this poem inspirational, sparking the reader's reflection on how to make one's life better under restrictive circumstances.
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