English Original
father's newspaper
a constant refuge
from conversation
Mike Gallagher
Chinese Translation (Traditional)
父親的報紙
不斷避免交談
的避難所
Chinese Translation (Simplified)
父亲的报纸
不断避免交谈
的避难所
Bio Sketch
Mike Gallagher, an award winning Irish poet, facilitator and editor,has been published and translated worldwide. He hosts the monthly Listowel Poetry in the Park Open Mic sessions. His collection, Stick on Stone, is published by Revival Press.
This is a poignantly effective "character haiku" about a father's "relationship" with his child/the Narrator. The modifier, "constant," shows the father's avoiding conversation is a "behavior pattern."
ReplyDeleteWhat's left unsaid is at least as potent as what's said.
And it might be interesting to do a thematic comparative reading of my "character/father" tanka below:
he used to talk
like a Russian novel ...
now the silence
between winter rains
between Father and me
Cattails, October 2017