Showing posts with label Hortensia Anderson. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Hortensia Anderson. Show all posts

Sunday, August 17, 2025

One Man's Maple Moon: Lover Tanka by Hortensia Anderson

English Original

by moonlight
through the screen window
my lover climbs
in the darkness
between the sheets

A Hundred Gourds, 1:1, December 2011 

Hortensia Anderson


Chinese Translation (Traditional)

月光下
穿過紗窗
在黑暗中
我的愛人爬進
兩張床單裡面

Chinese Translation (Simplified)

月光下
穿过纱窗
在黑暗中
我的爱人爬进
两张床单里面


Bio Sketch

Hortensia Anderson is the author of numerous chapbooks as well as a volume of poetry, Trust. Her work has been published in many oneline and print magazines. Her awards and other honors include: Best of 2002: Haiku in English, The Mainichi Daily News; 5th Annual Suruga Baika Winner; Honorable Mention, Mainichi Contest (2003); Tanka Splendor Awards (2003 and 2004); and Third Prize, Kusamakura (2004).

Friday, July 25, 2025

Butterfly Dream: Beach Haiku by Hortensia Anderson

English Original

a day at the beach --
all of the sunglasses

fill with clouds

Honorable Mention, 7th Mainichi Haiku Contest, 2003

Hortensia Anderson


Chinese Translation (Traditional)

海灘上的一天 --
所有的太陽眼鏡
填滿了雲彩

Chinese Translation (Simplified)

海滩上的一天 --
所有的太阳眼镜
填满了云彩


Bio Sketch

Hortensia Anderson is the author of numerous chapbooks as well as a volume of poetry, Trust. Her work has been published in many oneline and print magazines. Her awards and other honors include: Best of 2002: Haiku in English, The Mainichi Daily News; 5th Annual Suruga Baika Winner; Honorable Mention, Mainichi Contest (2003); Tanka Splendor Awards (2003 and 2004); and Third Prize, Kusamakura (2004).