English Original
fieldstone wall
the illness that grandmother
kept to herself
The Heron's Nest, 25:1, March 2023
Kat Lehmann
Chinese Translation (Traditional)
粗石牆
祖母隱瞞
她的病
Chinese Translation (Simplified)
粗石墙
祖母隐瞒
她的病
Bio Sketch
Kat Lehmann is a Founding Co-Editor of whiptail: journal of the single-line poem. She serves as a panelist in The Haiku Foundation Touchstone Distinguished Books Award. Kat lives in Connecticut, USA, with her family on the edge of a fairy forest. Website: https://katlehmann.weebly.com/
There is an implied simile established between a "fieldstone wall/L1" and the way grandmother kept [illness] to herself, Ls 2&3.
ReplyDeleteWhat's left unsaid is at least as potent as what's stated.