One Man's Maple Moon: Address Book tanka by Margaret Chula

English Original

year’s end
so many cross-outs
in my address book
squirrels scratch for nuts
in the frozen ground       

Just This, 2013

Margaret Chula


Chinese Translation (Traditional)

年底到了
在我的通訊錄中
有如此多的名字被劃掉
一群松鼠在凍土上
不斷地刮取堅果

Chinese Translation (Simplified)

年底到了
在我的通讯录中
有如此多的名字被划掉
一群松鼠在冻土上
不断地刮取坚果 


Bio Sketch

Margaret Chula has published two collections of tanka: Always Filling, Always Full and Just This. She has promoted tanka through her one-woman dramatization, “Three Women Who Loved Love”, which traveled to Krakow, New York, Boston, Portland, Ottawa, and Ogaki, Japan. Maggie currently serves as president of the Tanka Society of America.