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If On A Winter’s Night, A Sojourner (published in MET)

 
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二品总督
(刚入二品,小心做人)
二品总督<BR>(刚入二品,小心做人)


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帖子发表于: 星期二 三月 31, 2009 2:54 pm    发表主题: If On A Winter’s Night, A Sojourner (published in MET) 引用并回复

(The following tanka sequence has been published in The Spring 2009 issue of Modern English Tanka, a literary print journal with digital editions. Modern English Tanka (the official journal of Modern English Tanka Press which is the biggest and most influential publishing company dedicated to publishing and promoting fine English tanka), Ribbons (the official journal of Tanka Society of America), Gusts (the official journal of Tanka Canada), and American Tanka are called The Big Four tanka journals.

The most exciting things about this publication is that all of my submitted tanka (16 in total) have been accepted, and that I’m the only non-English speaking poet (65 poets in total) and one of the few poets whose tanka have been all accepted. The following tanka sequence is those related to winter thoughts; I will post the rest of my published tanka later)


Reading and Writing: Life on the Page


If On A Winter’s Night, A Sojourner


I

distressed
in the wake of a dream
I hear
time passing
in the sound of snow


II

not seeing
we pass by each other
then disappear --
snow traces the weight
of each burden


III

winter night
a remnant moon --
raising my cup
shadow and I
drink to each other


IV

blasts of snow
slap my face
for pent-up lust
shivering
I return to myself


V

pounding snow squall
as the mailbox is opened
inside
anxious hands hold
an unopened letter


VI

peel away
one shovel width of snow
at a time --
one, two, three...
eyeglasses fog up
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Time is nothing but a disquiet of the soul


最后进行编辑的是 ericcoliu on 星期五 四月 03, 2009 10:40 am, 总计第 3 次编辑
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帖子发表于: 星期二 三月 31, 2009 7:26 pm    发表主题: Re: If On A Winter’s Night, A Sojourner (published in MET) 引用并回复

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The most exciting things about this publication is that all of my submitted tanka have been accepted, and that I’m the only non-English speaking poet (65 poets in total) and one of the few poets whose tanka have been all accepted. The following tanka sequence is those related to winter thoughts; I will post the rest of my published tanka later)

If On A Winter’s Night, A Sojourner




Congratulations! Excellent tanka!

A thought-evoking title! What does it mean?
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帖子发表于: 星期二 三月 31, 2009 10:41 pm    发表主题: Re: If On A Winter’s Night, A Sojourner (published in MET) 引用并回复

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Congratulations! Excellent tanka!

A thought-evoking title! What does it mean?


Thanks!

Allusion to If on a Winter's Night, a Traveler by Italo Calvino, a novel which begins with a chapter on the art and nature of reading.
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帖子发表于: 星期三 四月 01, 2009 10:58 pm    发表主题: 引用并回复

Below are the tanka related to my journey of immigration:


VII


my heart
is chained to my homeland
an ocean away --
memories are eroded
by time’s passing tides


VIII

I dream
in Chinese, my father's dream --
I awake
Chen-ou becomes Eric
son of Canada
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帖子发表于: 星期五 四月 03, 2009 8:01 am    发表主题: 引用并回复

The following is an excerpt from an e-mail from my poet friend Sergio, whose tanka appear on the same issue of MET as mine, and with whom I've exchanged my view of writing Japanese short verse forms, such as haiku, haibun, tanka, and tanka prose:


"We both appear on Modern English Tanka. Congratulations, my dear friend. This is so rewarding. Your efforts get noticed. By a journal as important as this one. It is fascinating.

Your friend always,
Sergio"

Yes.

“This is so rewarding. [My] efforts get noticed.” This month alone, my tanka have been published in two of the Big Four – MET and Ribbons – and I’m still waiting for the good news from Tanka Canada and American Tanka.
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帖子发表于: 星期五 四月 03, 2009 10:39 am    发表主题: 引用并回复

Below are another three tanka regarding "love"


IX

I listen
to my muted heart --
every cell
pulses, cries aloud
yet you hear nothing


X

during the day
I can't catch you
in the night
you evade my dream
day and night, I ponder you


XI

all ears
attuned to your words —
like ripples
chase the caress
of spring breeze
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帖子发表于: 星期六 四月 04, 2009 10:22 am    发表主题: 引用并回复

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Below are the tanka related to my journey of immigration:


VII


my heart
is chained to my homeland
an ocean away --
memories are eroded
by time’s passing tides


VIII

I dream
in Chinese, my father's dream --
I awake
Chen-ou becomes Eric
son of Canada


I like this tanka sequence: VII is emotionally charged while VIII is socio-politically conscious.
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二品总督<BR>(刚入二品,小心做人)


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I like this tanka sequence: VII is emotionally charged while VIII is socio-politically conscious.


Interesting interpretation.


Crabwalk


I

Every night
I slept in Taipei
but woke up in Ajax

My mind was winged
by a yearning
for things not yet lost


II

An immigrant to Ajax
I'd stayed there six years
but at night in dreams
Taipei was still my home

Last week, I drove south
across the Canadian border
Reality dawned and I realized
From now on Ajax will be
where I am from



III

Sometimes I dream in Chinese
I dream my father's dream
I awake and become Eric

Sunlight streams into my room
caressing me with its warmth
as it welcomes me home
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The following is the reply from my friend:

Hi Eric,
I just read your poems in the Spring edition of Modern English Tanka. It was exciting to see you in print. I am very impressed with this work. Congratulations. It is very evident that you have found a form that works marvelously for you at this stage of your development as an English writer.

-- Mary MacDonnell
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帖子发表于: 星期一 四月 06, 2009 12:42 pm    发表主题: Re: If On A Winter’s Night, A Sojourner (published in MET) 引用并回复

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II

not seeing
we pass by each other
then disappear --
snow traces the weight
of each burden




This tanka is my favorite. It's emotive and evocative.
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帖子发表于: 星期二 四月 07, 2009 8:26 am    发表主题: 引用并回复

Thanks for telling me what you like the most.

Adopting the principles of shasei (“sketches from life”), makoto (“truthfulness”), and everyday language that Masaoka Shiki had advocated, I try to capture one emotionally charged element situated in the physical locale through evocative images.
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帖子发表于: 星期一 四月 13, 2009 1:04 pm    发表主题: Re: If On A Winter’s Night, A Sojourner (published in MET) 引用并回复

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VI

peel away
one shovel width of snow
at a time --
one, two, three...
eyeglasses fog up


This is my favorite.

My take on this fogged scene is as follows:

eyeglasses fog up
as I enter the house--
in the freeze
I have shovelled away
the dreams of my youth
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帖子发表于: 星期三 四月 15, 2009 8:19 am    发表主题: 引用并回复

Good.

Below is my another published tanka:


XII

moths and street lights
long for each other --
people awake
work, eat, and sleep
as always
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