Wednesday, March 13, 2019

One Man's Maple Moon: Last Petal Tanka by Bob Lucky

English Original

the sunflower’s
last petal hangs on
autumnal fog
grandpa points at something
not quite there                                 

Ribbons, 10:1, Fall 2014

Bob Lucky


Chinese Translation (Traditional)

在秋霧中
向日葵的最後一片花瓣
懸置在空中
爺爺指著某個東西
似乎不存在

Chinese Translation (Simplified)

在秋雾中
向日葵的最后一片花瓣
悬置在空中
爷爷指着某个东西
似乎不存在


Bio Sketch

Bob Lucky is the author of the chapbook Ethiopian Time and the content editor at Contemporary Haibun Online. He lives in Saudi Arabia.
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1 comment:

  1. Chen-ou Liu, 劉鎮歐March 13, 2019 at 7:42 PM

    A sense of yugen is visually and emotionally effectively conveyed through the juxtaposition of last petal in autumnal fog and something/not quite there.

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