One Man's Maple Moon: Growth Tanka by Paul Williamson

English Original

when tested
the growth on my shoulder
is benign
all those years of sunshine
might yet come back to haunt me

Paul Williamson


Chinese Translation (Traditional)
   
檢驗結果顯示
我肩膀上的腫瘤
是良性的
那些年的曝露在陽光下
可能會反過來困擾我

Chinese Translation (Simplified)

检验结果显示
我肩膀上的肿瘤
是良性的
那些年的曝露在阳光下
可能会反过来困扰我


Bio Sketch

Paul Williamson is an Australian poet who has published poems on eclectic topics in magazines including  Neverending Story, Eucalypt, A Temple Bell Sounds, Tanka Music Anthology, Ragged Edges, Poems to  Wear, Gusts, Skylark, Ribbons, Quadrant and Cordite.  He writes poems to clarify feelings and impressions, and record them. He has four collections, The DNA Bookshelf, Moments from Red Hill, To the  Spice Islands, and Edge of Southern Bright in 2017.