English Original
deep winter
the armload of firewood
chills the kitchen
First Prize, 1992 HSA Henderson Haiku Contest
Carol Purington
Chinese Translation (Traditional)
深冬
用雙臂抱住的柴火
讓廚房變冷
Chinese Translation (Simplified)
深冬
用双臂抱住的柴火
让厨房变冷
Bio Sketch
Carol Purington used tanka to capture flashes of natural loveliness and psychological insight that drifted around her rural New England home. Her second collection of tanka, Faces I Might Wear, was published in 2013.
L1 sets the theme and mood while unexpected yet emotionally and tactilely effective verb in L3 successfully depicts a scene of "Old Man Winter."
ReplyDeleteAnd the following is a heartfelt tribute by Michael Dylan Welch:
tulips rising—
the last of the firewood
almost out
(for Carol)