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

Monday, August 21, 2017

Selected Tanka: Storm Clouds Tanka

a man and his dogs 
stand by the gated entrance:
Niggerhead
under a coat of white paint
as storm clouds approach

Special Feature: Unspeakable Body, Atlas Poetica, 2012

Note: Niggerhead is the name of a secluded West Texas hunting camp.