One Man's Maple Moon: My Heart Tanka by M. Kei

English Original

My heart: 

black linen 

hung at night 

in the shadow 

of a crow. 

Modern English Tanka, 1:1, Autumn 2006 

M. Kei

Chinese Translation (Traditional)

我的心：

一匹黑色亞麻布

夜晚懸掛

在一隻烏鴉

的影子裡

Chinese Translation (Simplified)

我的心：

一匹黑色亚麻布

夜晚悬挂

在一只乌鸦

的影子里

Bio Sketch

M. Kei is a tall ship sailor and award-winning poet who lives on Maryland’s Eastern shore. He is the editor of Atlas Poetica: A Journal of World Tanka. His most recent collection of poetry is January, A Tanka Diary. He is also the author of the award-winning gay Age of Sail adventure novels, Pirates of the Narrow Seas. He can be followed on Twitter @kujakupoet, or visit AtlasPoetica.org.