English Original
half a sandwich
to eat slowly
again tonight
Jesus Leaving Vegas, 1976
Michael McClintock
Chinese Translation (Traditional)
今晚再一次
半個三明治
慢慢地吃
Chinese Translation (Simplified)
今晚再一次
半个三明治
慢慢地吃
Bio Sketch
Michael McClintock's lifework in haiku, tanka, and related literature spanned over four decades. His many contributions to the field included 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 lived in Clovis, California, where he worked 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, were some of his recent titles.
L3 not only adds emotional weight and psychological depth to Ls 1&2 about being "poor," but also conveys a strong sense of loneliness.
ReplyDeleteMy haiku below could be read as its prequel
moonlight flooding
through the kitchen window ...
a meal for one
Modern Haiku, 54:3, Autumn 2023
And it might be interesting to do a thematic comparison reading of the following haiku:
alone again
making an event
of a sandwich
Some of the Silence, 1999
John Stevenson