in the snow
another
perfect yellow enso
Lilliput Review, 135, January 2004
Ed Baker
Chinese Translation (Traditional)
在雪地中
另一個
完美的黃色圓相
Chinese Translation (Simplified)
在雪地中
另一个
完美的黄色圆相
Bio Sketch
Born in Washington, D.C. in 1941, Ed Baker is an artist and poet who resides in Washington, D.C.. He is 74 years old. Full Moon and Stone Girl E-pic are two of his recent titles. For more information about his work, see Joseph Hutchison's and John Mingay's reviews.
Ed's emotionally effective use of "another" enhances the "hai" (comic) aspect of the poem, and the religio-culturally rich symbol, "enso," lifts the poem up a notch. If Issa were alive and could read English, he would have smiled at Ed.
ReplyDeletepissing a perfect
circle...
a cold night
Issa
translated by David G. Lanoue
Note: "In Zen Buddhism, an ensō (円相 , "circle"?) is a circle that is hand-drawn in one or two uninhibited brushstrokes to express a moment when the mind is free to let the body create."