English Original
no answers
in the darkening sky
only my awe
at the perfect arc
of this rainbow
Thelma Mariano
Chinese Translation (Traditional)
Chinese Translation (Simplified)
黑暗的天空
沒有現存的答案
關於彩虹
的完美弧線
我只有敬畏
Chinese Translation (Simplified)
黑暗的天空
没有现存的答案
关于彩虹
的完美弧线
我只有敬畏
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.
Thelma's tanka effectively builds, line by line, to an unexpected yet thematically, visually and emotionally powerful ending that reveals the theme of the view of life, and it might be interesting to do a comparative reading of the following rainbow tanka:
ReplyDeleteso many ways
of viewing the world ...
I feel the coolness
of rain on my face
beneath the rainbow’s arch
NeverEnding Story , September 26, 2019
Anne Curran