English Original
wall-to-wall bookshelves ...
I put away
the old year
Marion Clarke
Chinese Translation (Traditional)
Chinese Translation (Traditional)
從牆壁連接到牆壁的書架 ...
我收起
舊的一年
Chinese Translation (Simplified)
从墙壁连接到墙壁的书架 ...
我收起
旧的一年
Bio Sketch
Marion Clarke is from the east coast of Northern Ireland. Growing up surrounded by the scenic shores of Carlingford Lough, the Mourne Mountains and Kilbroney Forest Park, she was destined to write haiku.
L1 depicts a rather unusual books-filled room scene while unexpected yet thematically and emotionally powerful L3 says something "interesting" about the speaker's personality/view of life.
ReplyDeleteThe New Year (new beginnings, new opportunities, ...) stands before us, like books on the shelf, waiting to be explored.
-- paraphrasing Melody Beattie
And it might be interesting to do a comparative reading of my books-filled room haiku below:
book-crammed apartment too full too empty
Paper Wasp, 18:4, Summer 2012
reading alone
a room of books filled
with dead voices
Failed Haiku, 2:23, 2017