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

Sunday, May 4, 2025

Another Day Tanka

morning air
heavy with the fragrance 
of lilac ...
another day as pale 
as the day before



FYI: This tanka could be read as a sequel to the following:

at 3 a.m.
sleepless once again ...
this crescent moon
this gray-haired stranger
in the bedroom window



Added: Yellowing Memories, IV

this rage
boxed up for years ...
in attic light
I read letter by letter
written by my young self


FYI: This tanka could be read as a sequel to the following:
Yellowing Memories, III

a photo slips
from The Catcher in the Rye
17-year-old me
not afraid of anyone
except myself



Added:  

a burst of colors
this wintry morning
kingfishers in flight