Thursday, May 27, 2021

One Man's Maple Moon: Boxes of Sorrow Tanka by Leslie Bamford

English Original

leaving you
on this wintry morning
my car filled
with bags of clothing
and boxes of sorrow

Leslie Bamford


Chinese Translation (Traditional)

在這個寒冷的早晨
我離開了你
車子裝滿了
幾袋的衣服
和數箱的悲傷

Chinese Translation (Simplified)

在这个寒冷的早晨
我离开了你
车子装满了
几袋的衣服
和数箱的悲伤


Bio Sketch

Leslie Bamford is a published writer of short stories, poems and plays, and teacher of creative writing and memoir. She lives in Ontario, Canada. After retirement, she fell in love with writing tanka, often composing in her head while walking her dog and taking photographs. 

1 comment:

  1. Leslie's tanka effectively builds, line by line, to a visually and emotionally poignant shift (from the lifeworld to the mental space) in L5 that reveals the theme of a relationship breakup.

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