as if
there was magic left
in this world
the syncing little lamps
of fireflies in the field
The Right Touch Of Sun, T2017
Michele L. Harvey
Chinese Translation (Traditional)
這個世界
彷彿魔法仍然
保留下來
在這片田野這些螢火蟲
同步飛行像是一座座小燈
Chinese Translation (Simplified)
这个世界
仿佛魔法仍然
保留下来
在这片田野这些萤火虫
同步飞行像是一座座小灯
Bio Sketch
Michele L. Harvey is a professional landscape painter living in New York. Her year is divided between rural central NY and New York City, providing a lively contrast. Her poetry has been accepted by most of the current short form poetry publications and she has won numerous national and international Japanese short form poetry contests, both in haiku and tanka. You may view both her paintings and examples of her poetry online at micheleharvey.com
Michele's tanka effectively builds, line by line, to a visually and emotionally powerful ending that reveals the theme of the power of magic/creative imagination -- "syncing" little "lamps of fireflies."
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