One Man's Maple Moon: To Do List Tanka by Naomi Beth Wakan

English Original

reading on the deck
my list of “to do” things
as a bookmark
the shadows lengthen
yet still I sit

Gusts, 27, spring/summer 2018
                     
Naomi Beth Wakan


Chinese Translation (Traditional)

在甲板上閱讀
作為書籤
的“待辦事項”清單
陰影已延長
但我還是安靜地坐著

Chinese Translation (Simplified)

在甲板上阅读
作为书签
的“待办事项”清单
阴影已延长
但我还是安静地坐着


Bio Sketch

Naomi Beth Wakan is the inaugural Poet Laureate of Nanaimo (2013). She has published over 50 books. Her poetry books include Sex after 70 and other poems and And After 80… (both from Bevalia Press) and Bent Arm for a Pillow (Pacific-Rim Publishers). Naomi is a member of The League of Canadian Poets, Haiku Canada and Tanka Canada and is the Inaugural Honorary Ambassador for the BC Federation of Writers. She lives on Gabriola Island with her husband, the sculptor, Elias Wakan. www.naomiwakan.com