Sunday, September 17, 2017

One Man's Maple Moon: Tire Swing Tanka by H. Gene Murtha

English Original

even now
decades later
I wait
on the tire swing
hanging in the elm

Biding Time: Selected Poems 2001-2013, 2013

H. Gene Murtha


Chinese Translation (Traditional)

即使幾十年後
的此時此刻
坐在掛在榆樹
的輪胎鞦韆上
我仍在等待

Chinese Translation (Simplified)

即使几十年後
的此时此刻
坐在掛在榆树
的轮胎鞦韆上
我仍在等待


Bio Sketch

H. Gene Murtha, a naturalist and poet, sponsored and judged the first haiku contest for the inner city children of Camden, NJ., for the Virgilio Group, of which he was a lifetime member. He was widely published for his work in haikai literature from the USA to Japan.

1 comment:

  1. This middle-of-the-story tanka is tightly structured with an emotional undercurrent, and the image of the "tire swing/hanging in the elm" successfully carries symbolic significance.

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