composing haiga--

painting sunlight

with black ink

Wales Haiku Journal, Spring 2019 (Ed. Paul Chambers)

https://www.waleshaikujournal.com/spring-2019

Art of Language

swelling river

I breathe
some freshness

before managing  to cross

with a bit of effort

At my new place of posting, I feel alone where the language is all Greek to me! I try to switch back to the prehistoric style of communication by murmuring my lips and moving my fingers. She is kind enough to guess and points me towards the restaurant. When I look back with due acknowledgement, she does the same with a sense of confirmation.

travel phrase book

I treasure for my own

I recount

walking down the street

the vendor’s wide smile

Haibun Today, Vol.13  No. 2  2019 (Ed. Tim Gardiner)

http://haibuntoday.com/ht132/TP_Padhy_Art.html

One Man's Maple Moon: Journey Tanka by Pravat Kumar Padhy

  

English Original

wave after wave
on an incessant journey
another sunset
when I long to change the taste
of salt, the colour of the wind

Skylark, 2:2, Winter 2014

Pravat Kumar Padhy


Chinese Translation (Traditional)

一波又一波
在一個不間斷的旅程中
當我渴望改變
鹽的口味，風的顏色時
另一個日落的到來

Chinese Translation (Simplified)

一波又一波
在一个不间断的旅程中
当我渴望改变
盐的口味，风的颜色时
另一个日落的到来

Comment:

Chen-ou Liu, 劉鎮歐May 7, 2019 at 9:00 AM

There is no excitement, joy, or new discovery in the speaker's "incessant journey," just one after "another (same old) sunset" when the speaker "long[s] to change the taste/of salt, the colour of the wind."

A fresh tanka about an incessant journey of sameness.

Today's poetic food for thought on journey:

Every day is a journey, and the journey itself is home.

Matsuo Basho, "Narrow Road to the Interior."

http://neverendingstoryhaikutanka.blogspot.com/2019/05/one-mans-maple-moon-journey-tanka-by.html#comment-form

omisoka*

freshness with every

temple bell ring

*New Year’s Eve celebration in Japan

Akitsu Quarterly Summer 2019 (Eds. Robin White and Evelyn Lang)