dreading
the call that says
he’s gone ...
two petals left
on the last poppy
A Hundred Gourds, 3:3, June 2014
Kirsten Cliff Elliot
Chinese Translation (Traditional)
感到恐懼
那通電話會告知
他去世了 ...
最後一朵的罌粟花
只剩下兩朵花瓣
Chinese Translation (Simplified)
感到恐惧
那通电话会告知
他去世了 ...
最后一朵的罂粟花
只剩下两朵花瓣
Bio Sketch
Kirsten Cliff Elliot is a New Zealand poet and writer. She works in a high school library and is studying towards a BA in Information and Library Studies. Together with her husband, she blogs at Help! My husband has Asperger’s: Our life on the spectrum’s edge.
The visually poignant image of Ls 4&5 not only enhances the emotional focus of Ls 1-3, but also functions as a foreshadowing of what is to come.
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