crack of dawn
scrambled eggs with ranch hands
all heads down
Texas Poetry Calendar, 2017
Neal Whitman
Chinese Translation (Traditional)
破曉時分
炒蛋和牧場工人的手
每個人都低頭
Chinese Translation (Simplified)
破晓时分
炒蛋和牧场工人的手
每个人都低头
Bio Sketch
Neal Whitman lives in Pacific Grove, California, with his wife, Elaine. Neal is the haiku editor for Pulse: Voices from the Heart of Medicine and is Vice President of the United Haiku and Tanka Society.
Within such a short space of 11 words and 12 syllables, Neal skillfully paints a vivid picture of a "poor," "hard-working," and "religious" family having breakfast at the crack of dawn.
ReplyDeleteWhat's left unsaid is as potent as what's said.