One Man's Maple Moon: Dragon’s Eye Tanka by Lesley Anne Swanson

English Original

dawn
hovers on the horizon
blood red
the dragon’s eye
blinks open

Ribbons, 8:1,  2012

Lesley Anne Swanson


Chinese Translation (Traditional)

黎明
浮現在地平線上
一條龍
血紅的眼睛
眨眼後張開

Chinese Translation (Simplified)

黎明
浮现在地平线上
一条龙
血红的眼睛
眨眼后张开


Bio Sketch

Lesley Anne Swanson has lived in Northern California, the Southwest, and the Pacific Northwest, but now calls Pennsylvania home.  Always a wordsmith, she discovered tanka in 2011 and has been enthralled ever since.