years of scribbling
in my yellow journal
locked away
what wind has opened
these pages to the world?
Thelma Mariano
Chinese Translation (Traditional)
鎖起來
的黃色日記中
有我多年的塗鴉
什麼風將這些內容
公諸於世？
Chinese Translation (Simplified)
锁起来
的黄色日记中
有我多年的涂鸦
什么风将这些内容
公诸于世？
Bio Sketch
Thelma Mariano is the author of Night Sky: a Selection of Tanka Poetry. She lives in Montreal and has published her tanka in literary journals as well as in various anthologies including Fire Pearls and Take Five: Best Contemporary Tanka.
Juxtaposed with a journal locked away, the rhetorical question raised in the lower verse is emotionally effective, making what's left unsaid more important than/or at least as potent as what's written.
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