Showing posts with label Robert Annis. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Robert Annis. Show all posts

Saturday, February 14, 2015

One Man's Maple Moon: Love Tanka by Robert Annis

English Original

on a high ledge
a squirrel is nervous
enough to jump --
you speak of
the discomforts of love

Lynx, 28:3, October 2013

Robert Annis


Chinese Translation (Traditional)

在高窗台上
松鼠緊張地
想要跳下去 --
你談到
愛的不適

Chinese Translation (Simplified)

在高窗台上
松鼠紧张地
想要跳下去 --
你谈到
爱的不适


Bio Sketch

Robert Annis is a Florida born Tampa resident who teaches at the University of South Florida. He has been nominated for the 2013 and 2014 AWP Intro Journals Project and won the Bettye Newman Poetry Award in 2014. His poetry has appeared in Lingerpost, Lynx, Gusts, Ribbons and is forthcoming in the summer issue of Atlas Poetica and Bright Stars, An Organic Tanka Anthology.

Wednesday, June 25, 2014

One Man's Maple Moon: New Pond Tanka by Robert Annis

English Original

A new pond
placid for sunset
a fish leaps out --
the same splash
as Basho's frog ?

Robert Annis


Chinese Translation (Traditional)

平靜的日落
一條魚飛躍出
新的池塘 --
同樣的水濺聲
如同芭蕉的青蛙所做的?

Chinese Translation (Simplified)

平静的日落
一条鱼飞跃出
新的池塘 --
同样的水溅声
如同芭蕉的青蛙所做的?


Bio Sketch

Robert Annis is a Florida born Tampa resident who teaches at the University of South Florida. He has been nominated for the 2013 and 2014 AWP Intro Journals Project and won the Bettye Newman Poetry Award in 2014. His poetry has appeared in Lingerpost, Lynx, Gusts, Ribbons and is forthcoming in the summer issue of Atlas Poetica and Bright Stars, An Organic Tanka Anthology.