Friday, January 22, 2016

One Man's Maple Moon: Sinking Sun Tanka by Caroline Skanne

English Original

trailing the flames
of a sinking sun
heron wings
remind me
to be brave

The Bamboo Hut, Autumn 2014

Caroline Skanne


Chinese Translation (Traditional)

尾隨落日
的火焰
蒼鷺的翅膀
提醒我
要勇敢直行

Chinese Translation (Simplified)

尾随落日
的火焰
苍鹭的翅膀
提醒我
要勇敢直行


Bio Sketch

Caroline Skanne, Rochester, UK is obsessed with anything wild and free. She is the founder of hedgerow: a journal of small poems. Her book ‘a hundred poems by caroline skanne’ is available from amazon.

1 comment:

  1. Combined with the riveting prefatory image, the thematic and emotional significance of the heron's wings(maybe the great blue heron's wings)is elevated to the mythic level, which reminds me of Icarus's waxed wings.

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