One Man's Maple Moon: Summer River Tanka by Pamela A. Babusci

English Original

skinny dipping
in a summer river
a million stars
clothe us
in liquid light

red lights, 9:2, June  2013

Pamela A. Babusci


Chinese Translation (Traditional)

夏天在河中
裸泳
百萬顆星星
用明亮的水光
覆蓋我們
  
Chinese Translation (Simplified)

夏天在河中
裸泳
百万颗星星
用明亮的水光
覆盖我们


Bio Sketch

Pamela A. Babusci  is an internationally award winning haiku, tanka poet and haiga artist. Some of her awards include: Museum of Haiku Literature Award, International Tanka Splendor Awards, First Place Yellow Moon Competition (Aust) tanka category,  First Place Kokako Tanka Competition,(NZ) First Place Saigyo Tanka Awards (US), Basho Festival Haiku Contests (Japan).  Pamela has illustrated several books, including: Full Moon Tide: The Best of Tanka Splendor Awards, Taboo Haiku, Chasing the Sun, Take Five: Best Contemporary Tanka, and A Thousand Reasons 2009. Pamela was the founder and now is the solo Editor of Moonbathing: a journal of women’s tanka; the first all women’s tanka journal in the US.