Tuesday, October 29, 2019

One Man's Maple Moon: Cosmetics Counter Tanka by Keitha Keyes

English Original

a young thing
at the cosmetics counter
gives me advice ...
I need cream for my wrinkles
she needs age for her wisdom

The Right Touch of Sun: TSA Anthology, 2017

Keitha Keyes


Chinese Translation (Traditional)

化妝品櫃檯
的一位年輕女子
給我建議 ...
我需要面霜來撫平皺紋
她需要歲月才能獲得智慧

Chinese Translation (Simplified)

在化妆品柜台
的一位年轻女子
给我建议 ...
我需要面霜来抚平皱纹
她需要岁月才能获得智慧 


Bio Sketch

Keitha Keyes lives in Sydney, Australia in a small house decorated with ship models, antique irons and trivets. And a cocker spaniel. Her retirement would be very empty without the lure of writing tanka, haiku, senryu, cherita and other poetry.

1 comment:

  1. Ls 1-3 set the scene while the turn, thematic and emotional, in L5 makes this tanka serve well as poetic food for thought on aging gracefully and growing wisely.

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