last time we spoke ...
tangled shadows
of telephone wires
Frogpond, 35:3, Autumn 2012
Elliot Nicely
Chinese Translation (Traditional)
上一次我們交談 ...
電話線
糾結在一起的陰影
Chinese Translation (Simplified)
上一次我们交谈 ...
电话线
纠结在一起的阴影
Bio Sketch
Elliot Nicely is the author of two chapbooks: The Black Between Stars (Crisis Chronicles Press, 2017) and Tangled Shadows: Senryu and Haiku (Rosenberry Books, 2013). He resides in Lakewood, Ohio in the United States.
L1 sets the theme while the visually and emotionally poignant image of Ls 2&3 works well on two levels, literal and symbolic, which could be read as an indicator of the process of L1.
ReplyDeleteAnd Elliot's fine haiku could be read as a sequel to the following poem:
silence at her end ...
the cord around my finger
coiling uncoiling
Blithe Spirit, 25:4,November 2015
Shrikaanth Krishnamurthy