a lion
a woman and a mandolin
under the moon
rumors of warm daybreak
Gypsy music in a dream
Honorable Mention, 2017 Bay Area Poets Coalition Contest
Neal Whitman
Chinese Translation (Traditional)
一隻獅子
一個女人和一把曼陀林
在月光之下
溫暖黎明的謠言
和睡夢中的吉普賽音樂
Chinese Translation (Simplified)
一只狮子
一个女人和一把曼陀林
在月光之下
温暖黎明的谣言
和睡梦中的吉普赛音乐
Bio Sketch
Neal Whitman lives in Pacific Grove, California, with his wife Elaine. He is the haiku editor for Pulse: Voices from the Heart of Medicine and is Vice President of the United Haiku and Tanka Society.
Combined with the use of a pivot and fresh and evocative imagery, this list/catalogue tanka effectively builds, poetic phrase (ku)/line by poetic phrase (ku)/line, to an emotionally powerful ending: "Gypsy music in a dream."
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