Tuesday, September 24, 2019

One Man's Maple Moon: Flight of Night Birds Tanka by Brian Zimmer

English Original

flight
of night birds
undulant
above the storefront
its future undecided

Gusts, 20, Fall/Winter 2014

Brian Zimmer


Chinese Translation (Traditional)

店面上方
一群夜鳥
波浪狀
的飛行路徑
它的未來未定

Chinese Translation (Simplified)

店面上方
一群夜鸟
波浪状
的飞行路径
它的未来未定 


Bio Sketch

Brian Zimmer wrote from the banks of the Mississippi River in St. Louis, Missouri. His work had appeared in various international print and online journals. He took inspiration from a variety of sources, including the ancient Japanese poetic-diary (utanikki) and free-form, poetic "essay" (zuihitsu).

1 comment:

  1. Brian's tanka effectively builds, line by line, to a poignant ending, and L3 enhances the visually and emotionally suggestive powerful of the tanka while L5 leaves dreaming room for the reader's engagement.

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