Monday, March 5, 2018

One Man's Maple Moon: Camp Walk Tanka by Barry George

English Original

camp walk
the arc of Dad's flashlight
swings
from the pine path
to the stars

Gusts, 20, Fall/Winter, 2014

Barry George


Chinese Translation (Traditional)

野營散步
爸爸手電筒的弧光
從松樹路徑
一路搖晃
到在天上繁星

Chinese Translation (Simplified)

野营散步
爸爸手电筒的弧光
从松树路径
一路摇晃
到在天上繁星 


Bio Sketch

Barry George is the author of Wrecking Ball and Other Urban Haiku and The One That Flies Back, a collection of tanka. He has won the AWP Intro Poets Award, a Pushcart Prize nomination, and numerous Japanese short-form competitions, including First Prize in the Gerald R. Brady Senryu Contest.

2 comments:

  1. Barry’s tanka effectively builds, poetic phrase (ku0/line by poetic phrase (ku)/line, to a visually and emotionally powerful ending that elevates thematic concerns from the human-relational level to the natural-celestial level.

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  2. This is so lovely, thanks for sharing!

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