One Man’s Maple Moon: Elegy Tanka by Michael McClintock

English Original

with words

in a notebook

I’m painting

unseen, in plain sight, 

an elegy for the blues

Gusts, 32, Fall/Winter 2020  

Michael McClintock

Chinese Translation (Traditional)

    

在筆記本中

用筆墨

在眾目睽睽之下, 

我描繪看不見

的一首藍調輓歌

Chinese Translation (Simplified)

在笔记本中

用笔墨

在众目睽睽之下,

我描绘看不见

的一首蓝调挽歌

Bio Sketch

Michael McClintock's lifework in haiku, tanka, and related literature spans over four decades. His many contributions to the field include six years as president of the Tanka Society of America (2004-2010) and contributing editor, essayist, and poet for dozens of journals, anthologies, landmark collections and critical studies. McClintock now lives in Clovis, California, where he works as an independent scholar, consultant for public libraries, and poet. Meals at Midnight [tanka], Sketches from the San Joaquin [haiku] and Streetlights: Poetry of Urban Life in Modern English Tanka, are some of his recent titles.