One Man's Maple Moon: Milky Way Tanka by Pamela A. Babusci

English Original

Milky Way swirling
in martini glasses
with each sip
we swallow
star after star

A Solitary Woman, 2013

Pamela A. Babusci


Chinese Translation (Traditional)

銀河   
在馬丁尼酒杯中旋轉
隨著每一口   
我們吞下一顆
又一顆星星

Chinese Translation (Simplified)

银河   
在马丁尼酒杯中旋转
随著每一口   
我们吞下一颗
又一颗星星


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.