Wednesday, March 21, 2018

One Man's Maple Moon: Sunlight Tanka by Bob Lucky

English Original

watching sunlight
slip in and out of the blinds --
my pile
of unread books
next to yours

Eucalypt, 16, 2014

Bob Lucky


Chinese Translation (Traditional)

看著陽光
溜進和溜出百葉窗 --
我的一堆未讀的書
與你的一堆未讀的書
並排在一起

Chinese Translation (Simplified)

看着阳光
溜进和溜出百叶窗 --
我的一堆未读的书
与你的一堆未读的书
并排在一起 


Bio Sketch

Bob Lucky is the author of the chapbook Ethiopian Time and the content editor at Contemporary Haibun Online. He lives in Saudi Arabia.

1 comment:

  1. A sense of coziness is conveyed through peacefully warm images in this understated tanka. What's left unsaid is at least as potent as what's said.

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