tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-786207835641480928.post4098894928643212868..comments2024-03-28T12:59:41.910-04:00Comments on NeverEnding Story: One Man's Maple Moon: Wreckage Tanka by Lavana KrayChen-ou Liu, 劉鎮歐http://www.blogger.com/profile/06235248170011255532noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-786207835641480928.post-41039521421491994802016-04-15T09:06:20.375-04:002016-04-15T09:06:20.375-04:00Lavana's tanka is concise with vivid imagery a...Lavana's tanka is concise with vivid imagery and tightly structured with a strong emotional undercurrent. Each line adds something significant to the poem, culminating in the final line, which strongly underlies the dog's unwavering loyalty to its master. And we all know that even in cold weather (as indicated in L1), the dog will come to the shore and wait for its master's return tomorrow, the day after tomorrow,... <br /><br />This heartfelt tanka reminds me one of my haiku, which was inspired by a real-life event:<br /><br />ghost bike<br />locked to the lamppost...<br />a beagle at dusk<br /><br />Croatian Translation<br /><br />bicikl kraj puta<br />lzakljucan za stup lampe...<br />bigl u sumrak<br /><br />Iris, 1, 2015<br /><br />Note: A ghost bike is a bicycle set up as a roadside memorial in a place where a cyclist was killedChen-ou Liu, 劉鎮歐https://www.blogger.com/profile/06235248170011255532noreply@blogger.com