One Man's Maple Moon: Shoes on a Wire Tanka by Kay L.Tracy

English Original

where are you?
I murmur ...
shoes hang on a wire
where we once played
hide and seek

Kay L. Tracy


Chinese Translation (Traditional)

你在哪裡?
我低聲訴說著...
鞋子掛在電線上
在那裡我們曾玩過
捉迷藏的遊戲

Chinese Translation (Simplified)

你在哪里?
我低声诉说著...
鞋子掛在电线上
在那里我们曾玩过
捉迷藏的遊戏


Bio Sketch

Kay L. Tracy is inspired by the beauty of the Pacific Northwest. She has poetry published in Four and Twenty, Haibun Today, Magnapoets, Daily Haiga, A Hundred Gourds, Gusts, Moonbathing, and other online journals. Her email address is k_writes@comcast.net.

One Man's Maple Moon: Rocking Chair Tanka by Kay L. Tracy

English Original

the echo of children
and laughter
on Grandmother's porch
a faded rocking chair
cradles the breeze

Gusts, 18, Fall/Winter 2013

Kay L. Tracy


Chinese Translation (Traditional)

兒童的呼應  
和笑聲
在祖母的門廊
褪色的搖椅
擁抱微風

Chinese Translation (Simplified)

儿童的呼应  
和笑声
在祖母的门廊
褪色的摇椅
拥抱微风


Bio Sketch

Kay L. Tracy is inspired by the beauty of the Pacific Northwest. She has poetry published in Four and Twenty, Haibun Today, Magnapoets, Daily Haiga, A Hundred Gourds, Gusts, Moonbathing, and other online journals. Her email address is k_writes@comcast.net.

Butterfly Dream: Rabbit Prints Haiku by Kay L. Tracy

English Original

a swath of moonlight
rabbit prints in the snowy path
and the owl's shadow

Kay L. Tracy


Chinese Translation (Traditional)

一大片月光
兔子腳印在白雪皚皚的路徑
和貓頭鷹的影子

Chinese Translation (Simplified)

一大片月光
兔子脚印在白雪皑皑的路径
和猫头鹰的影子


Bio Sketch

Kay L. Tracy is inspired by the beauty of the Pacific Northwest. She has poetry published in Four and Twenty, Haibun Today, Magnapoets, Daily Haiga, A Hundred Gourds, Gusts, Moonbathing, and other online journals. Her email address is k_writes@comcast.net.

(Editor's Note: This is the first haiku selected for the 2014 translation project. The best 66 haiku selected for Butterfly Dream 2013: Selected English-Chinese Bilingual Haiku will be announced next week)