English Original
fuel price protest
we burn our placards
for warmth
Cattails, April 2019
Martha Magenta
Chinese Translation (Traditional)
抗議燃油價格
我們燒掉標語牌
以便取暖
Chinese Translation (Simplified)
抗议燃油价格
我们烧掉标语牌
以便取暖
Bio Sketch
Martha Magenta lived in England, UK. Her haiku and tanka had appeared in a number of journals, and anthologies. She was awarded Honourable Mentions for her haiku in The Fifth Annual Peggy Willis Lyles Haiku Awards, 2017, and in the 71st Basho Memorial English Haiku Contest, 2017, and for her tanka in UHTS “Fleeting Words” Tanka Contest 2017.
The buildup to the last line is poignantly effective and highly relatable, revealing harsh realities about life
ReplyDelete1) that are hard to accept
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2) that one is better off accepting.
Then and Now: Peace and War