That funeral
I can attend only in heart
this bouquet
of the marigolds she loved
they last so well
red lights, 5:1; January 2009
Carol Purington
Chinese Translation (Traditional)
只在我心裡
參加了那個葬禮
她所喜愛
的這束萬壽菊
保持新鮮甚久
Chinese Translation (Simplified)
只在我心里
参加了那个葬礼
她所喜爱
的这束万寿菊
保持新鲜甚久
Bio Sketch
Carol Purington uses tanka to capture flashes of natural loveliness and psychological insight that drift around her rural New England home. Her second collection of tanka, Faces I Might Wear, was published in 2013.
There is a simile effectively established between the visually attractive and symbolically rich flowers, "this bouquet of the marigolds/she loved," and the speaker's unbreakable relationship with the deceased friend.
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