One Man's Maple Moon: Devoid of Passion Tanka by Luminita Suse

English Original

hard to imagine
a life devoid of passion ...
who walks
on ripe strawberries
without getting stained?

Winter Fire, 2016

Luminita Suse


Chinese Translation (Traditional)

很難想像
沒有激情的生活 ...
誰踩
在成熟的草莓上
而沒有被玷染紅色？

Chinese Translation (Simplified)

很难想像
没有激情的生活......
谁踩
在成熟的草莓上
而没有被玷染红色？


Bio Sketch

Luminita Suse is the author of tanka collections A Thousand Fireflies/ Mille Lucioles and Winter Fire, Editions des petits nuages, 2011 and 2016. She is a member of Haiku Canada, The League of Canadian Poets, Tanka Canada, Tanka Society of America. Her poetry appeared in Moonbathing: Gusts, Atlas Poetica, Magnapoets, Red Lights, Ribbons, Take Five: Best Contemporary Tanka 2010/2011, Haiku Canada Review, Skylark, and others. She got honourable mentions in the The 7th and the 8th International Tanka Festival Competitions and International Haiku Contest, 2014

One Man's Maple Moon: Redbirds Tanka by Luminita Suse

English Original

redbirds aflame
in snow-capped trees
why close my eyes
to dream of another
promised land?

Winter Fire, 2016

Luminita Suse


Chinese Translation (Traditional)

在積雪覆蓋的樹叢中
一群紅鸝看起來火紅般地在燃燒
為什麼閉上我的眼睛
去夢想另一個
應許之地？

Chinese Translation (Simplified)

在积雪覆盖的树丛中
一群红鹂看起来火红般地在燃烧
为什么闭上我的眼睛
去梦想另一个
应许之地？


Bio Sketch

Luminita Suse is the author of the tanka collection, A Thousand Fireflies, 2011, Editions des petits nuages. Her poetry appeared in Moonbathing: A Journal of Women's Tanka, Gusts, Atlas Poetica, Red Lights, Ribbons, A Hundred Gourds, Take Five: Best Contemporary Tanka 2010-2011, and Skylark. She got a honourable mention in the The 7th International Tanka Festival Competition, 2012.

One Man's Maple Moon: Dream of Passion Tanka by Luminita Suse

English Original

sleepless night
I turn my nightgown
inside out
to join the scarred moon
in my dream of passion

A Thousand Fireflies, 2012

Luminita Suse


Chinese Translation (Traditional)

不眠之夜
我把睡衣
反穿
在我的激情夢中
陪伴傷痕累累的月亮

Chinese Translation (Simplified)

不眠之夜
我把睡衣
反穿
在我的激情梦中
陪伴伤痕累累的月亮


Bio Sketch

Luminita Suse is the author of the tanka collection, A Thousand Fireflies, 2011, Editions des petits nuages. Her poetry appeared in Moonbathing: A Journal of Women's Tanka, Gusts, Atlas Poetica, Red Lights, Ribbons, A Hundred Gourds, Take Five: Best Contemporary Tanka 2010-2011, and Skylark. She got a honourable mention in the The 7th International Tanka Festival Competition, 2012.

One Man's Maple Moon: Ocean Tanka by Luminita Suse

English Original

the ocean
roars relentlessly
in an empty conch
I never understood
my father’s rage

Kokako, 18, April 2013

Luminita Suse


Chinese Translation (Traditional)

在空的海螺中
大海
無情地怒吼
我永遠無法理解
父親的憤怒

Chinese Translation (Simplified)

在空的海螺中
大海
无情地怒吼
我永远无法理解
父亲的愤怒


Bio Sketch

Luminita Suse is the author of the tanka collection, A Thousand Fireflies, 2011, Editions des petits nuages. Her poetry appeared in Moonbathing: A Journal of Women's Tanka, Gusts, Atlas Poetica, Red Lights, Ribbons, A Hundred Gourds, Take Five: Best Contemporary Tanka 2010-2011, and Skylark. She got a honourable mention in the The 7th International Tanka Festival Competition, 2012.

One Man's Maple Moon: Rainstorm Tanka by Luminita Suse

English Original

my umbrella
blown inside out
follows him
into the rainstorm
with a heart of its own

Moonbathing, 5, 2011

Luminita Suse


Chinese Translation (Traditional)

我的傘
被風吹得內外翻轉
按照自己心意
跟隨他
進入暴風雨

Chinese Translation (Simplified)

我的伞
被风吹得内外翻转
按照自己心意
跟随他
进入暴风雨


Bio Sketch

Luminita Suse is the author of the tanka collection, A Thousand Fireflies, 2011, Editions des petits nuages. Her poetry appeared in Moonbathing: A Journal of Women's Tanka, Gusts, Atlas Poetica, Red Lights, Ribbons, A Hundred Gourds, Take Five: Best Contemporary Tanka 2010-2011, and Skylark. She got a honourable mention in the The 7th International Tanka Festival Competition, 2012.

One Man's Maple Moon: Suicide Bombers Tanka by Luminita Suse

English Original

countless fireflies
crash into headlights
this summer
more suicide bombers
make the news

Haiku Canada Review, 7:2, October 2013

Luminita Suse


Chinese Translation (Traditional)

無數的螢火蟲
撞上車前燈
這個夏天
更多自殺式炸彈襲擊者
製造新聞

Chinese Translation (Simplified)

无数的萤火蟲
撞上车前灯
这个夏天
更多自杀式炸弹袭击者
製造新闻


Bio Sketch

Luminita Suse is the author of the tanka collection, A Thousand Fireflies, 2011, Editions des petits nuages. Her poetry appeared in Moonbathing: A Journal of Women's Tanka, Gusts, Atlas Poetica, Red Lights, Ribbons, A Hundred Gourds, Take Five: Best Contemporary Tanka 2010-2011, and Skylark. She got a honourable mention in the The 7th International Tanka Festival Competition, 2012.