One Man's Maple Moon: Favorite Shirt Tanka by Michele L. Harvey

English Original

I understand
the perfection
of imperfection…
I fold his favorite shirt
carefully, stains and all

Skylark, 3:2, Winter 2015

Michele L. Harvey


Chinese Translation (Traditional)

我了解不完美
的完美之處 ...
我小心地折疊
他最喜欢的襯衫
上面有污渍和其他東西

Chinese Translation (Simplified)

我了解不完美
的完美之处...
我小心地折叠
他最喜欢的衬衫
上面有污渍和其他东西 


Bio Sketch

Michele L. Harvey is a professional landscape painter living in New York. Her year is divided between homes in rural central NY and New York City. Her poetry has been  accepted by most of the current short form poetry publications and she has won  numerous national and international Japanese short form poetry contests, both in  haiku and tanka. You may view both her paintings and examples of her poetry online