One Man's Maple Moon: First Leaf Tanka by Jenny Barnard

English Original

easel in the attic
gathering dust,
while gazing at a maple tree
in the window
she 'paints' her first leaf

Gusts, 8, Fall/Winter 2008

Jenny Barnard


Chinese Translation (Traditional)

閣樓裡的畫架
在積聚灰塵，
凝視窗口
的一棵楓樹
她"描繪"她的第一片葉子

Chinese Translation (Simplified)

阁楼里的画架
在积聚灰尘，
凝视窗口
的一棵枫树
她"描绘"她的第一片叶子


Bio Sketch

Jenny Barnard has been travelling the writing circuit for about 30 years. Her background began in Watersmeet haiku, Famous Reporter (Walleah press), Moonset & Republican Readings (haiku, tanka and extended poetry forms). She continues to explore tanka "freshness" and paradox. Her tanka have appeared in Canadian and Australian journals, anthologies, broadsheets, performances, and workshops. Her ideal is to master and teach tanka. She is married with one daughter, and lives in Berriedale, a suburb of Hobart, Tasmania.

One Man's Maple Moon: Sweet Peas Tanka by Jenny Barnard

English Original

sweet peas
planted long ago --
lost in weeds
sudden myriad flowers
like new love

Gusts, 20, Fall/Winter 2014

Jenny Barnard


Chinese Translation (Traditional)

很久以前
種植的甜豌豆 --
消失在雜草中
突如其來的無數鮮花
像是新生的愛情

Chinese Translation (Simplified)

很久以前
种植的甜豌豆 --
消失在杂草中
突如其来的无数鲜花
像是新生的爱情


Bio Sketch

Jenny Barnard has been travelling the writing circuit for about 30 years. Her background began in Watersmeet haiku, Famous Reporter (Walleah press), Moonset & Republican Readings (haiku, tanka and extended poetry forms). She continues to explore tanka "freshness" and paradox. Her tanka have appeared in Canadian and Australian journals, anthologies, broadsheets, performances, and workshops. Her ideal is to master and teach tanka. She is married with one daughter, and lives in Berriedale, a suburb of Hobart, Tasmania.

One Man's Maple Moon: Blue Light Tanka by Jenny Barnard

English Original

blue light flickers --
his little dog trots
from room to room
smelling
the scent of loss

Blue Giraffe, 10

Jenny Barnard


Chinese Translation (Traditional)

警車的藍光閃爍不定 --
他的小狗從一間房
跑到另一間房
它聞到
失去生命的氣味

Chinese Translation (Simplified)

警车的蓝光闪烁不定 --
他的小狗从一间房
跑到另一间房
它闻到
失去生命的气味


Bio Sketch

Jenny Barnard has been travelling the writing circuit for about 30 years. Her background began in Watersmeet haiku, Famous Reporter (Walleah press), Moonset & Republican Readings (haiku, tanka and extended poetry forms). She continues to explore tanka "freshness" and paradox. Her tanka have appeared in Canadian and Australian journals, anthologies, broadsheets, performances, and workshops. Her ideal is to master and teach tanka. She is married with one daughter, and lives in Berriedale, a suburb of Hobart, Tasmania.

One Man's Maple Moon: Half-Light Tanka by Jenny Barnard

English Original

in half-light
your face
a poem I'd like to write
between the silence
and when you wake...

Gusts, 9, Spring/Summer 2009

Jenny Barnard


Chinese Translation (Traditional)

你的臉
在半明半暗之中
我想撰寫一首詩
在你沉默
和醒來之間 ...

Chinese Translation (Simplified)

你的脸
在半明半暗之中
我想撰写一首诗
在你沉默
和醒来之间 ...


Bio Sketch

Jenny Barnard has been travelling the writing circuit for about 30 years. Her background began in Watersmeet haiku, Famous Reporter (Walleah press), Moonset & Republican Readings (haiku, tanka and extended poetry forms). She continues to explore tanka "freshness" and paradox. Her tanka have appeared in Canadian and Australian journals, anthologies, broadsheets, performances, and workshops. Her ideal is to master and teach tanka. She is married with one daughter, and lives in Berriedale, a suburb of Hobart, Tasmania.