Sunday, May 29, 2016

One Man's Maple Moon: Sparks and Stars Tanka by LeRoy Gorman

English Original

sparks
from my uncle
welding
stars
that fed a family

A Hundred Gourds, 5:2, March 2016

LeRoy Gorman


Chinese Translation (Traditional)

來自叔叔工作中
焊接的火花
聯結
天上的星星
曾餵飽了一家人

Chinese Translation (Simplified)

来自叔叔工作中
焊接的火花
联结
天上的星星
曾餵饱了一家人


Bio Sketch

LeRoy Gorman writes mostly minimalist and visual poetry.  His most recent book, fast enough to leave this world, is one of tanka collections published by Inkling Press, Edmonton.  More information on his writing can be found at the American Haiku Archives where he served as the Honorary Curator for 2012-2013

1 comment:

  1. Combined with an excellent choice of verb that not only joins together reality and imagination but also effectively indicates the speaker's uncle's hard work, the emotionally resonant juxtaposition of two symbolically rich word pictures ("sparks"/working to survive and "stars"/living to dream) lifts the poem up a notch.

    A beautifully crafted minimalist tanka!

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