Thursday, January 18, 2018

One Man's Maple Moon: Stardust Tanka by Steliana Cristina Voicu

English Original

an enchanted
summer evening --
the stardust
on butterfly wings
glows in the moonlight

cattails, January 2016

Steliana Cristina Voicu


Chinese Translation (Traditional)

一個迷人
的夏日夜晚 --
蝴蝶翅膀上
的星塵
在月光中閃閃發光

Chinese Translation (Simplified)

一个迷人
的夏日夜晚 --
蝴蝶翅膀上
的星尘
在月光中闪闪发光


Bio Sketch

Steliana Cristina Voicu lives in Ploieşti, Romania and loves painting, poetry, Japanese culture, photography and astronomy. She has won the third prize in the 2017 Le Prix Jocelyne Villeneuve, the first prize in the 2015 Fleeting Words Tanka Contest and other prizes. Her works have been published in numerous journals and anthologies.

1 comment:

  1. A moment is keenly captured in Steliana's tanka that effectively enchants readers with its imagistic qualities.

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