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

Monday, November 27, 2023

Moonlit Ripples Tanka

a leatherback surfaces 
with its head through a hole
in driftwood ...
I gaze beyond moonlit ripples
to the homeland I left behind


Note: The leatherback turtle can travel 16,000 km (10,000 miles) or more each year, crossing the entire Pacific Ocean in search of jellyfish.