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

Saturday, September 28, 2024

A Fistful Tanka

a fistful
of childhood river sand
sifts back to sand ...
without my first love
Time and I become one



Added:

between the pages
of The Art of Loving
dried rose petals ...
this borrowed book gives me
a borrowed life from my dream


FYI: The Art of Loving, a 1956 book by psychoanalyst and social philosopher Erich Fromm, explores the meaning and practice of love, arguing that it is not a feeling but an art that requires knowledge and effort to truly thrive.