Thursday, December 31, 2015

One Man's Maple Moon: Setting Sun Tanka by Shloka Shankar

English Original

ruches of pink
ruffle the setting sun ...
you look at me
one last time before
saying goodbye

"On the Cusp of Dawn, Atlas Poetica Special Feature, 2014

Shloka Shankar


Chinese Translation (Traditional)

粉紅褶帶
煽惑著夕陽 ...
說再見之前
你最後一次
注視著我

Chinese Translation (Simplified)

粉红褶带
煽惑著夕阳 ...
说再见之前
你最後一次
注视著我


Bio Sketch

Shloka Shankar is a freelance writer residing in India. Her work appears in over two dozen international anthologies. Her haiku, haiga and tanka have appeared in numerous print and online journals. She is also the editor of the literary and arts journal, Sonic Boom.

1 comment:

  1. The riveting prefatory image in the upper verse is logically metaphoric or at least resonates closely with the emotional point of the main statement in the lower verse. And Shloka's effective use of enjambment in L4 adds extra emotional weight to the poem.

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