English Original
the offshore fog
casts a pall
Veterans Day
Neal Whitman
the offshore fog
casts a pall
Veterans Day
Neal Whitman
Chinese Translation (Traditional)
海上的霧
像是撒下陰沉的雲團 --
退伍軍人節
Chinese Translation (Simplified)
海上的雾
像是撒下阴沉的云团-
退伍军人节
海上的霧
像是撒下陰沉的雲團 --
退伍軍人節
Chinese Translation (Simplified)
海上的雾
像是撒下阴沉的云团-
退伍军人节
Bio Sketch
Neal Whitman is a member of Tanka Society of America and is Vice President of United Haiku and Tanka Society. He lives in Pacific Grove, California, with his wife, Elaine, where walking along Monterey Bay helps them cope with the pandemic. They wear masks out of respect for others.
Idiomatically (L2), visually (Ls 1&2), and thematically (L3) speaking, the jux. of the opening gloomy image and the closing phrase is emotionally effective and timely.
ReplyDeleteHello Chen-ou Liu!
ReplyDeleteSorry this comment is not related to the post, but I wanted to ask you one question.
Congratulations on your victory in the VCBF Haiku Invitational last month. In an interview you said that "My haiku was inspired by an old Taiwanese movie scene.".
Do you remember the title of this movie? I'm very curious. Thank you in advance for your answer.
Greetings from Poland.
It's called One Spring Morning at Mt. Yangming.
DeleteThanks for your warm congratulations.
Chen-ou