I can't stay here
... any more
like the sleeves
of an old sweater
your life unraveling
Ribbons, 12:1, Winter 2016
Susan Weaver
Chinese Translation (Traditional)
我不能呆在這裡
... 我不能
你的生活
像一件舊毛衣的袖子
暴露無遺
Chinese Translation (Simplified)
我不能呆在这里
... 我不能
你的生活
像一件旧毛衣的袖子
暴露无遗
Bio Sketch
Susan Weaver is editor of Ribbons, journal of the Tanka Society of America. Her tanka and tanka prose poems have recently appeared there and in Atlas Poetica, Haiku Page, HARTS & Minds, Moonbathing, and red lights. A former bicycling and travel writer, she lives in Allentown, Pa., with her husband and two cats.
The upper verse establishes the thematic and emotional context while the visually and emotionally poignant simile in the lower verse enhances the tone and mood of this middle-of-the-story tanka.
ReplyDeleteThank you … how wonderful to see my words in Chinese! Ever since discovering this blog, I've been moved and inspired by the poems and enlightened by your comments. I'm pleased to be included.
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