Saturday, September 22, 2018

One Man's Maple Moon: Robin's Song Tanka by Caroline Skanne

English Original

lifted
by a robin's song
feeling
closer than ever
to where i want to be

A Hundred Gourds, 4:4, summer, 2015

Caroline Skanne


Chinese Translation (Traditional)
   
知更鳥的歌聲
提升了我的精神
感覺
比以往更接近
我想去的地方

Chinese Translation (Simplified)

知更鸟的歌声
提升了我的精神
感觉
比以往更接近
我想去的地方 


Bio Sketch

Caroline Skanne, Rochester, UK is obsessed with anything wild and free. She is the founder of hedgerow: a journal of small poems. Her book a hundred poems by caroline skanne is available from amazon.

1 comment:

  1. Caroline's tanka effectively builds, poetic phrase (ku) /line by poetic phrase (ku) /line, to a thematically significant and emotionally powerful ending that elevates the poem to a philosophical level.

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