Sunday, November 1, 2015

One Man's Maple Moon: Blue Boat Tanka by Luminita Suse

English Original

some say
happiness shouldn’t be
expected from others
my blue boat
sails through fall colors

Luminita Suse


Chinese Translation (Traditional)

有人說
幸福不應期待
別人的賜予
我的藍色小船
渡過燦爛的秋景

Chinese Translation (Simplified)

有人说
幸福不应期待
别人的赐予
我的蓝色小船
渡过灿烂的秋景


Bio Sketch

Luminita Suse is the author of the tanka collection, A Thousand Fireflies, 2011, Editions des petits nuages. Her poetry appeared in Moonbathing: A Journal of Women's Tanka, Gusts, Atlas Poetica, Red Lights, Ribbons, A Hundred Gourds, Take Five: Best Contemporary Tanka 2010-2011, and Skylark. She got a honourable mention in the The 7th International Tanka Festival Competition, 2012.

1 comment:

  1. The upper verse declares the theme statement while the lower verse foregrounds the contrast of colors (a blue boat vs autumn leaves with various shades of red, yellow, purple, orange, magenta, and brown), effectively enhancing the visual and emotional aspects of the poem.

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