winter creaks
between forest gums --
night deepens
Cattails, September 2015
Marilyn Humbert
Chinese Translation (Traditional)
冬天在桉樹林間
吱吱作響 --
夜深了
Chinese Translation (Simplified)
冬天在桉树林间
吱吱作响 --
夜深了
Bio Sketch
Marilyn
Humbert lives in the Northern Suburbs of Sydney NSW surrounded by bush.
Her pastimes include writing free verse poetry, tanka, tanka prose and
related genre. She is the leader of Bottlebrush Tanka Group and member
of the Huddle and Bowerbird Tanka Groups. Her tanka appears in
Australian and international journals.
The emotionally resonant juxtaposition of auditory and visual imagery makes this poem atmospherically effective.
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