English Original
self-help book ...
another trip
around myself, another trip
skirting the edge
Wind on the Heath, 2020
Naomi Beth Wakan
Chinese Translation (Traditional)
然而又一本
自助書籍 ...
另一趟旅程
圍繞我的自我，另一趟旅程
遊走自我邊緣
Chinese Translation (Simplified)
然而又一本
自助书籍 ...
另一趟旅程
围绕我的自我，另一趟旅程
游走自我边缘
Bio Sketch
Naomi Beth Wakan is the inaugural Poet Laureate of Nanaimo (2014–16) and the Federation of British Columbia Writer’s Inaugural Honorary Ambassador. She has published over fifty books. Her most recent book of essays, On the Arts, came out in 2020 (Shanti Arts). Her trilogy, The Way of Tanka, The Way of Haiku, and Poetry That Heals was published by Shanti Arts in 2019. Wakan is a member of The League of Canadian Poets, Haiku Canada, and Tanka Canada. She lives on Gabriola Island, British Columbia, Canada, with her husband, the sculptor Elias Wakan.
Ls 1&2 set the theme ("self-help") and tone ("yet one more") of the tanka while reflective ("around myself") and critical ("skirting the edge [of myself]) Ls 3-5 on one's (supposed new and enriched) self/identity are strengthened by the effective use of repetition, "another trip."
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