Thursday, 6 August 2009

A Desert Year: 6 August

Thursday, 6 August 2009 09:03
lnhammer: the Chinese character for poetry, red on white background (Default)
    The morning commute
under the broken gray clouds
    suddenly lightened
by a bit of bright rainbow
just above the western trees.

—6 August 2009

True story.

ETA: Revision to sharpen the language and clarify the image:

    The morning commute
under the broken gray clouds
    suddenly lightened
by a fragment of rainbow
bright above the western trees.

---L.
Tags:

Profile

lnhammer: the Chinese character for poetry, red on white background (Default)
lnhammer
My pretty good home page

About

Warning: contents contain line-breaks.

As language practice, I like to translate poetry. My current project is Chinese, with practice focused on Tang Dynasty poetry. Previously this was classical Japanese, most recently working through the Kokinshu anthology (archived here). Suggestions, corrections, and questions always welcome.

There's also original pomes in the journal archives.

Links

April 2025

S M T W T F S
  12345
678910 1112
13141516171819
20212223242526
27282930   

Page Summary

Style Credit

Powered by Dreamwidth Studios
Page generated Thursday, 17 July 2025 07:47

Expand Cut Tags

No cut tags