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

Thursday, October 26, 2017

Youthful Desire Tanka

to W.H. Auden who claimed, Desire, even in its wildest tantrums, can neither persuade me it is love nor stop me from wishing it were.

beads of sweat
roll between her breasts --
I remember the smell
of my youthful desire
on our wedding night


NeverEnding Story, October 8, 2017