English Original
crackling beach fire --
we hum in place of words
we can't recall
Editors’ Choice, The Heron's Nest, 6:11, December 2004
Michael Dylan Welch
Chinese Translation (Traditional)
啪啪作響的海灘營火 --
在所忘事物之處
我們哼哼低唱
Chinese Translation (Simplified)
啪啪作响的海滩营火 --
在所忘事物之处
我们哼哼低唱
Bio Sketch
Michael
Dylan Welch is the founder
of the Tanka Society of America (2000), and co-founder of Haiku North
America conference (1991) and the American Haiku Archives (1996). In
2010 he also started National Haiku Writing Month (NaHaiWriMo), which
takes place every February, with an active Facebook page. His personal
website is www.graceguts.com, which features hundreds of essays,
reviews, reports, and other content, including examples of his published
poetry.
The contrasting auditory images of crackling beach fire and humming is effective, and the humming (in place of words forgotten, not instead of not speaking) enhances the emotional appeal to the reader.
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