Wednesday, June 26, 2019

One Man's Maple Moon: Dog Tanka by H. Gene Murtha

English Original

now that
you are gone
here i sit
on the front stoop
petting a dog i hate

Biding Time: Selected Poems 2001-2013

H. Gene Murtha


Chinese Translation (Traditional)

現在
你走了
我坐在這裡
在入口門廊之處
輕拍一隻我討厭的狗

Chinese Translation (Simplified)

现在
你走了
我坐在这里
在入口门廊之处
轻拍一只我讨厌的狗


Bio Sketch

H. Gene Murtha, a naturalist and poet, sponsored and judged the first haiku contest for the inner city children of Camden, NJ., for the Virgilio Group, of which he was a lifetime member. He was widely published for his work in haikai literature from the USA to Japan.
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1 comment:

  1. Chen-ou Liu, 劉鎮歐June 26, 2019 at 9:04 AM

    Ls 1&2 set the theme and emotional context while the conflicting feeling conveyed in L5 says something psychological significant about the speaker's relationship with his loved one and himself.

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