One Man's Maple Moon: Burning Embers Tanka by Mary Kendall

English Original

all the blame       
in those last words --
burning embers
I want
to smother

Moonbathing, 14, June 2016

Mary Kendall


Chinese Translation (Traditional)

那些離別的言語中
所有的責備 --
我想要
撲滅
燃燒的餘燼

Chinese Translation (Simplified)

那些离别之言语中
所有的责备 --
我想要
扑灭
燃烧的余烬

Bio Sketch

Mary Kendall lives in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. She is a retired teacher and the author of two books, A Giving Garden (co-authored with Debbie Suggs) and Erasing the Doubt, a chapbook of free verse. Her poetry blog is called A Poet in Time.

One Man's Maple Moon: Womb Tanka by Mary Kendall

English Original

you departed
even before you arrived …
that morning long ago
when my womb
grew still

A Hundred Gourds, 5:3, June 2016

Mary Kendall


Chinese Translation (Traditional)

甚至在你露面之前
你就離開了 ...
很久以前的那天早上
當我的子宮
停止成長

Chinese Translation (Simplified)

甚至在你露面之前
你就离开了 ...
很久以前的那天早上
当我的子宫
停止成长

Bio Sketch

Mary Kendall lives in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. She is a retired teacher and the author of two books, A Giving Garden (co-authored with Debbie Suggs) and Erasing the Doubt, a chapbook of free verse. Her poetry blog is called A Poet in Time.

Butterfly Dream: Worry Beads Haiku by Mary Kendall

English Original

worry beads --
one by one I parse
your silence

Under the Basho, November 2016

Mary Kendall


Chinese Translation (Traditional)

操心串珠 --
一個接一個地我解析
你的沉默

Chinese Translation (Simplified)

操心串珠 --
一个接一个地我解析
你的沉默


Bio Sketch

Mary Kendall lives in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. She is a retired teacher and the author of two books, A Giving Garden (co-authored with Debbie Suggs) and Erasing the Doubt, a chapbook of free verse. Her poetry blog is called A Poet in Time.

One Man's Maple Moon: Habit Tanka by Mary Kendall

English Original

a lifetime habit
of picking up a feather
or pretty pebble –
this desire to hold onto
all that was

Presence, 56, 2016

Mary Kendall


Chinese Translation (Traditional)

一輩子的習慣
搜羅一根羽毛
或是漂亮的鵝卵石 --
這種想要保存過去一切
的渴望

Chinese Translation (Simplified)

一辈子的习惯
搜罗一根羽毛
或是漂亮的鹅卵石 --
这种想要保存过去一切
的渴望


Bio Sketch

Mary Kendall lives in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. She is a retired teacher and the author of two books, A Giving Garden (co-authored with Debbie Suggs) and Erasing the Doubt, a chapbook of free verse. Her poetry blog is called A Poet in Time.

Butterfly Dream: Childhood Haiku by Mary Kendall

English Original

Queen Anne's lace --
a childhood spent
in second-hand clothes

Editors’ Choice Haiku, The Heron’s Nest, 19:1, March 2017

Mary Kendall


Chinese Translation (Traditional)

安妮女王的蕾絲葉 --
穿二手衣服度過
的童年

Chinese Translation (Simplified)

安妮女王的蕾丝叶 --
穿二手衣服度过
的童年


Bio Sketch

Mary Kendall lives in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. She is a retired teacher and the author of two books, A Giving Garden and Erasing the Doubt, a chapbook of free verse. Her poetry blog is called A Poet in Time.