Snow on a Summer’s Day

furious kicking
keeps her afloat in the wake
of fast tourist boats
white swan – snowflake on water
a lost echo of winter

© Kim M. Russell, 2016

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My response to Carpe Diem Special Japanese Poetry In The Lowlands #3 Ria Giskes “six swans” (tanka)

In this new episode of Chèvrefeuille’s CD Special about Japanese Poetry In The Lowlands, he has shared tanka by Ria Giskes.

losgelaten –

ver van de boom drijven ze
op het water
waar de stroom ze meevoert
naar het onbekende

released –
far from the tree they float
on the water
where the stream carries them
into the unknown

zes zwanen

middenin een tapijt
van veren –
rondom de kappersstoel
mijn witte plukjes haar

six swans
in the middle of a carpet
feathers –
around the barber chair
my white tufts of hair

© Ria Giske (Tr. Chèvrefeuille)

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