what might have been ...
our shadows become one
then part
Notes from the Gean, 3:2, September 2011
Elliot Nicely
Chinese Translation (Traditional)
過去可能卻不再會發生的事 ...
我們的陰影合而為一
然後又分開了
Chinese Translation (Simplified)
过去可能却不再会发生的事...
我们的阴影合而为一
然后又分开了
Bio Sketch
Elliot Nicely is the author of two chapbooks: The Black Between Stars (Crisis Chronicles Press, 2017) and Tangled Shadows: Senryu and Haiku (Rosenberry Books, 2013). He resides in Lakewood, Ohio in the United States.
The juxtaposition of "might-have-been" (past possibility that no longer applies) and the symbolically rich image of shadows becoming one and parting is visually and emotionally resonant, and on second reading, L3 (shadows parting) effectively prefigures a promising future for the speaker and his/her friend/loved one.
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