English Original
knapsack
and cane pole
i search
the pond's edge
for an answer
H. Gene Murtha
Chinese Translation (Traditional)
背包
和一根釣魚竿
我搜索
池塘的邊緣
找尋答案
Chinese Translation (Simplified)
背包
和一根钓鱼竿
我搜索
池塘的边缘
找寻答案
Bio Sketch
H. Gene Murtha, a naturalist and poet, sponsored and judged the first haiku contest for the inner city children of Camden, NJ., for the Virgilio Group, of which he was a lifetime member. He was widely published for his work in haikai literature from the USA to Japan.
Gene's tanka effectively builds, poetic phrase (ku)/line by poetic phrase (ku)/line, to an unexpected yet thematically significant ending that reveals the "Walden theme" of "simple life" (from the "backpack generation's" perspective,) which brings us more fully alive.
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