One Man's Maple Moon: Dead Loved Ones Tanka by Patricia Prime

English Original

from time to time
we cross paths with our
dead loved ones
almost missing the melody
of their unspoken words

Patricia Prime


Chinese Translation (Traditional)

有時
與我們過世親人
交叉而過
幾乎錯過了他們沒有說出口
話語的調子

Chinese Translation (Simplified)

有时
与我们过世亲人
交叉而过
几乎错过了他们没有说出口
话语的调子 


Bio Sketch

Patricia Prime is the co-editor of Kokako, reviews/interviews editor of Haibun Today, a reviewer and writer for Takahe and Atlas Poetica and has published haiku, tanka and haibun worldwide. Patricia recently published, with Giselle Maya (France) a collection of collaborative work called Shizuka. She was one of the editors of the world haiku anthology, A Vast Sky, and an editor of the Australian and New Zealand tanka collection, One Hundred Tanka by One Hundred Poets. Patricia’s interview conducted by editor, Mark Pirie is due to appear in the Mongolian publication World Poetry Almanac and can be read on the New Zealand Poetry Archive.