even now
decades later
I wait
on the tire swing
hanging in the elm
Biding Time: Selected Poems 2001-2013, 2013
H. Gene Murtha
Chinese Translation (Traditional)
即使幾十年後
的此時此刻
坐在掛在榆樹
的輪胎鞦韆上
我仍在等待
translation by Chen-ou Liu
Source: NeverEnding Story: One Man’s Maple Moon: Tire Swing Tanka by H. Gene Murtha
International
Falling cherry petals
how gently the world lets go
of light
Sanjuktaa Asopa
Belgaum, Karnataka
Haiku Winners announced! Honourable Mentions and Sakura Awards coming soon~
Source: Haiku Invitational – Vancouver Cherry Blossom Festival Vancouver Cherry Blossom Festival
Mathematician Irakli Loladze tosses sugar over vegetables outside his home in Lincoln Nebraska, to illustrate how the sugar content of the plants we eat is increasing as a result of rising carbon dioxide levels. Loladze was the first scientist to publish research connecting rising CO2 and changes in plant quality to human nutrition. | Geoff Johnson for POLITICO
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Her victory at the Supreme Court in 2013 paved the way for legalized gay marriage across the country.
Source: Edith Windsor, Gay Marriage Icon and Activist, Dies at 88 | Vanity Fair
Julie Choffel is West Hartford’s new poet laureate. Choffel, a creative writing professor at the University of Connecticut, wants to bring poetry to more people through public workshops. (Michael Walsh / Courant Community)
Source: Poet Laureate Wants To Bring Poetry To More People – Courant Community
