One Man's Maple Moon: Earthquake Tanka by Kirsten Cliff Elliot

English Original

watching TV
scene after scene
of the earthquake
without turning my head
I reach out for him

Fire Pearls, Vol.  2, 2013

Kirsten Cliff Elliot 

Chinese Translation (Traditional)

觀看電視

一幕接一幕

的地震情景

不用轉身

我伸出手來抓住他

Chinese Translation (Simplified)

观看电视

一幕接一幕

的地震情景

不用转身

我伸出手来抓住他

Bio Sketch

Kirsten Cliff Elliot is a New Zealand poet and writer. She works in a high school library and is studying towards a BA in Information and Library Studies. Together with her husband, she blogs at Help! My husband has Asperger’s: Our life on the spectrum’s edge.

One Man's Maple Moon: Dead Leaves Tanka by Kirsten Cliff Elliot

English Original

sipping coffee

to the sound of dead leaves

sweeping across the path …

my definition of success

changing day by day

A Hundred Gourds, 3:1, December 2013

Kirsten Cliff Elliot 

Chinese Translation (Traditional)

啜飲咖啡

聆聽枯葉橫掃過路面

的聲音 ...

我對成功的定義

每天都在改變

Chinese Translation (Simplified)

啜饮咖啡

聆听枯叶横扫过路面

的声音 ...

我对成功的定义

每天都在改变

Bio Sketch

Kirsten Cliff Elliot is a New Zealand poet and writer. She works in a high school library and is studying towards a BA in Information and Library Studies. Together with her husband, she blogs at Help! My husband has Asperger’s: Our life on the spectrum’s edge.

One Man's Maple Moon: Tangle Tanka by Kirsten Cliff Elliot

English Original

the way
he didn't look at me
when I told him ...
still unripe, this tangle
of wild blackberries

A Hundred Gourds, 2:2, March 2013

Kirsten Cliff Elliot


Chinese Translation (Traditional)

當我告訴他時
他沒有注視我
的樣子 ...
仍然沒熟，這個糾纏在一起
的野生黑莓

Chinese Translation (Simplified)

当我告诉他时
他没有注视我
的样子 ...
仍然没熟，这个纠缠在一起
的野生黑莓


Bio Sketch

Kirsten Cliff Elliot is a New Zealand poet and writer. She works in a high school library and is studying towards a BA in Information and Library Studies. Together with her husband, she blogs at Help! My husband has Asperger’s: Our life on the spectrum’s edge.

Butterfly Dream: Peacock Haiku by Kirsten Cliff Elliot

English Original

cry of a peacock
I wake up fully clothed
in my pain

Pulse, August 15, 2014

Kirsten Cliff Elliot


Chinese Translation (Traditional)

孔雀的哭喊聲
我一覺醒來全身包裹
在痛苦之中

Chinese Translation (Simplified)

孔雀的哭喊聲
我一覺醒來全身包裹
在痛苦之中


Bio Sketch

Kirsten Cliff Elliot is a New Zealand poet and writer. She works in a high school library and is studying towards a BA in Information and Library Studies. Together with her husband, she blogs at Help! My husband has Asperger’s: Our life on the spectrum’s edge.

One Man's Maple Moon: Last Poppy Tanka by Kirsten Cliff Elliot

English Original

dreading
the call that says
he’s gone ...
two petals left
on the last poppy

A Hundred Gourds, 3:3, June 2014

Kirsten Cliff Elliot


Chinese Translation (Traditional)

感到恐懼
那通電話會告知
他去世了 ...
最後一朵的罌粟花
只剩下兩朵花瓣

Chinese Translation (Simplified)

感到恐惧
那通电话会告知
他去世了 ...
最后一朵的罂粟花
只剩下两朵花瓣


Bio Sketch

Kirsten Cliff Elliot is a New Zealand poet and writer. She works in a high school library and is studying towards a BA in Information and Library Studies. Together with her husband, she blogs at Help! My husband has Asperger’s: Our life on the spectrum’s edge.

Butterfly Dream: Speckled Egg Haiku by Kirsten Cliff Elliot

English Original

speckled egg
the sunlight
on my thoughts

The Heron's Nest, 16:1, March, 2014

Kirsten Cliff Elliot


Chinese Translation (Traditional)

有斑點的雞蛋
陽光
照亮我的想法

Chinese Translation (Simplified)

有斑点的鸡蛋
阳光
照亮我的想法 


Bio Sketch

Kirsten Cliff Elliot is a New Zealand poet and writer. She works in a high school library and is studying towards a BA in Information and Library Studies. Together with her husband, she blogs at Help! My husband has Asperger’s: Our life on the spectrum’s edge.

Butterfly Dream: Drifting Evensong Haiku by Kirsten Cliff Elliot

English Original

drifting evensong
pine needles cloistered
in fresh snow

5th Place, 2013 NZPS International Haiku Competition

Kirsten Cliff Elliot


Chinese Translation (Traditional)

飄蕩的晚禱歌
隱蔽在新雪中
的松針

Chinese Translation (Simplified)

飘荡的晚祷歌
隐蔽在新雪中
的松针


Bio Sketch

Kirsten Cliff Elliot is a New Zealand poet and writer. She works in a high school library and is studying towards a BA in Information and Library Studies. Together with her husband, she blogs at Help! My husband has Asperger’s: Our life on the spectrum’s edge.

Butterfly Dream: Monday Blues Haiku by Kirsten Cliff Elliot

English Original

stretched
the length of this sunset
Monday blues

Wednesday Haiku, 154, April 2, 2014

Kirsten Cliff Elliot


Chinese Translation (Traditional)

這個延長
的日落美景
星期一憂鬱

Chinese Translation (Simplified)

这个延长
的日落美景
星期一忧郁


Bio Sketch

Kirsten Cliff Elliot is a New Zealand poet and writer. She works in a high school library and is studying towards a BA in Information and Library Studies. Together with her husband, she blogs at Help! My husband has Asperger’s: Our life on the spectrum’s edge.