One Man's Maple Moon: Apricot Blossoms Tanka by Cynthia West

English Original

apricot blossoms

frozen by late snow

not as icy

as your look

before you walked away

Gusts, 29, Spring/Summer 2019

Cynthia West

Chinese Translation (Traditional)

杏花

被暮雪凍結

卻沒當你離我而去時

你臉上的表情

那麼地冰冷

Chinese Translation (Simplified)

杏花

被暮雪冻结

却没当你离我而去时

你脸上的表情

那么地冰冷

 

Bio Sketch

Cynthia West is known for painting, photography, digital imaging, and book arts. Her works are in collections world-wide. Visit her web-site. She is the author six collections of poetry. For Beauty Way, 1990, and 1000 Stone Buddhas, 1993, published by Inked Wingbeat, Santa Fe. Rainbringer, 2004, The New Sun, 2007, In the Center of the Field, 2010,  A Clear Drop, 2015, the last four published by Sunstone Press, Santa Fe. She is currently gathering poems for the next volume.

One Man's Maple Moon: Anger and Fire Tanka by Cynthia West

English Original

like a chainsaw
slicing the quietness
your anger
shears my life into pieces
ready for the fire

Moonbathing, Spring/Summer 2018

Cynthia West


Chinese Translation (Traditional)

像電鋸

切過寂靜

你的憤怒

把我的生活割成碎片

準備用大火燒 

Chinese Translation (Simplified)

像电锯

切过寂静

你的愤怒

把我的生活割成碎片

准备用大火烧 

Bio Sketch

Cynthia West is known for painting, photography, digital imaging, and book arts. Her works are in collections world wide. Visit her web-site: www.westvision.us. She is the author six collections of poetry. For Beauty Way, 1990, and 1000 Stone Buddhas, 1993, published by  Inked Wingbeat, Santa Fe. Rainbringer, 2004, The New Sun, 2007, In the Center of the Field, 2010,  A Clear Drop, 2015, the last four published by Sunstone Press, Santa Fe. She is currently gathering poems for the next volume.

One Man's Maple Moon: Morning Star Tanka by Cynthia West

English Original

when you showed me
how to see a star
in the morning sky
I never guessed
you would disappear as fast

Gusts, 27, Spring/Summer 2018

Cynthia West


Chinese Translation (Traditional)

當你向我展示
如何觀賞天空中
的晨星
我從未想到
你會迅速地消失不見了

Chinese Translation (Simplified)

当你向我展示
如何欣赏天空中
的晨星
我从未想到
你会迅速地消失不见了


Bio Sketch

Cynthia West is known for painting, photography, digital imaging, and book arts. Her works are in collections world wide. Visit her web-site: www.westvision.us. She is the author six collections of poetry. For Beauty Way, 1990, and 1000 Stone Buddhas, 1993, published by  Inked Wingbeat, Santa Fe. Rainbringer, 2004, The New Sun, 2007, In the Center of the Field, 2010,  A Clear Drop, 2015, the last four published by Sunstone Press, Santa Fe. She is currently gathering poems for the next volume.