Thursday, March 10, 2016

One Man's Maple Moon: Blue Eggs Tanka by Brian Zimmer

English Original

blue eggs
beneath a hen
dream
of skies
cracked-open

Skylark, 1:2, Winter 2013

Brian Zimmer


Chinese Translation (Traditional)


藍色的蛋
在母雞腹部下
天空
的夢想
龜裂開來

Chinese Translation (Simplified)


蓝色的蛋
在母鸡腹部下
天空
的梦想
龟裂开来


Bio Sketch

Brian Zimmer wrote from the banks of the Mississippi River in St. Louis, Missouri. His work had appeared in various international print and online journals. He took inspiration from a variety of sources, including the ancient Japanese poetic-diary (utanikki) and free-form, poetic "essay" (zuihitsu).

1 comment:

  1. Brian's visually appealing and emotionally resonant minimalist tanka ( made up of 9 words and 12 syllables) cracks open the reader's imagination and widens the dreaming room for interpretation/subjective meaning.

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