grandmother's
tarnished teaspoon
stirs memories
in bittersweet cups
I swallow her tears
cattails, September 2014
Debbie Strange
Chinese Translation (Traditional)
祖母
的弄髒茶匙
在苦樂參半的杯中
激起了許多回憶
我吞下她的眼淚
Chinese Translation (Simplified)
祖母
的弄髒茶匙
在苦乐参半的杯中
激起了许多回忆
我吞下她的眼泪
Bio Sketch
Debbie
Strange is a Canadian short form poet and haiga artist. You are invited
to view her published work at www.debbiemstrange.blogspot.ca and
www.twitter.com/Debbie_Strange. Keibooks recently released her first
collection, Warp and Weft, Tanka Threads, available through
www.createspace.com/5520311 and at www.amazon.ca among others.
Through well-chosen phrases/images, Debbie’s tanka effectively builds, line by line, to an emotionally powerful ending that has the most weight and reveals the theme of "co-suffering love."
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