nothing works
not even a smile
tonight
three women walk
thru my cigar smoke
Biding Time: Selected Poems 2001-2013
H. Gene Murtha
Chinese Translation (Traditional)
什麼方法都沒用
甚至一個笑容都沒有
今晚
三個女人穿過
我的雪茄煙
Chinese Translation (Simplified)
什么方法都没用
甚至一个笑容都没有
今晚
三个女人穿过
我的雪茄烟
Bio Sketch
H.
Gene Murtha, a naturalist and poet, sponsored and judged the first
haiku contest for the inner city children of Camden, NJ., for the
Virgilio Group, of which he was a lifetime member. He was widely published
for his work in haikai literature from the USA to Japan.
Gene’s tanka effectively builds, poetic phrase (ku)/line by poetic phrase (ku)/line, to a visually and emotionally powerful ending: one blow after another ... after another to one's sense of masculinity, which is embodied in "[smoking] cigar."
ReplyDeleteAccording to Sigmund Freud, a cigar is a phallic symbol and is representative of masculinity and raw energy.
The following quote is constantly misattributed to him:
Sometimes a cigar is just a cigar [and not a penis].
-- Sigmund Freud
that has the most weight and reveals the theme of betrayal.
Gene and his poems are for all time, like Shakespeare, yes, Basho. Thank you.
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