fox on the trail --
your hand held up
to my chest
tinywords, 15:1, 7 May 2015
Michael Dylan Welch
Chinese Translation (Traditional)
狐狸在小徑上 --
你的手
緊靠在我的胸口
Chinese Translation (Simplified)
狐狸在小径上 --
你的手
紧靠在我的胸口
Bio Sketch
Michael
Dylan Welch is the founder
of the Tanka Society of America (2000), and co-founder of Haiku North
America conference (1991) and the American Haiku Archives (1996). In
2010 he also started National Haiku Writing Month (NaHaiWriMo), which
takes place every February, with an active Facebook page. His personal
website is www.graceguts.com, which features hundreds of essays,
reviews, reports, and other content, including examples of his published
poetry.
A moment of silence and tenderness is well captured in this haiku that is tightly structured with an emotional undercurrent.
ReplyDeleteWhat's left unsaid is at least as potent as what's said.