Chen-ou Liu's Translation Project: First English-Chinese Haiku and Tanka Blog

Monday, January 3, 2011

New Year Tanka

the first day
of the Year of the Rabbit:
the Chinese
stand in a snaking line
at every lottery store


Eucalypt Challenge, #9

Note: 2011 is the 4708th Chinese year, the Year of the Rabbit. According to Chinese astrology, people born in the Year of the Rabbit are the luckiest among "the twelve animals.”