English Original
pink glows
along the grey wall
of smoke
unconquered flames
claim the forest ridge
Paul Williamson
Chinese Translation (Traditional)
粉紅色的光芒
沿著灰色煙霧
的巨牆
尚未熄滅的火焰
攻佔大片的森林山脊
Chinese Translation (Simplified)
粉红色的光芒
沿着灰色烟雾
的巨墙
尚未熄灭的火焰
攻占大片的森林山脊
Bio Sketch
Paul Williamson is an Australian poet who has published poems on eclectic topics in magazines including Neverending Story, Eucalypt, Tanka Music Anthology, Ragged Edges, Poems to Wear, Poetry Bridges, Atlas Poetica, Gusts, Skylark, Ribbons, Quadrant and Cordite. He writes poems to clarify feelings and impressions, and record them. He has five collections: The DNA Bookshelf, Moments from Red Hill, To the Spice Islands, Edge of Southern Bright and Ties to Red Hill in 2018.
Paul's tanka effectively builds, line by line, to a visually and emotionally poignant ending that reveals the theme of forest fires.
ReplyDeleteAnd the tanka below could be read as a sequel to Paul's:
in the forest
shadows slip between
two worlds,
blackened stumps, withered leaves
lost souls ...
Atlas Poetica, 9, July 2011
Marilyn Humbert
Good
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