The Ekphrastic Review
  • The Ekphrastic Review
  • The Ekphrastic Challenges
    • Challenge Archives
  • Ebooks
  • Prizes
  • Book Shelf
    • Ekphrastic Book Shelf
    • Contributors' Book Shelf
    • TERcets Podcast
  • Workshops
  • Give
  • Submit
  • Contact
  • About/Masthead

Three Tanka After Monet, in Irish and English, by Gabriel Rosenstock

7/26/2018

1 Comment

 
Picture
Grove of Olive Trees in Bordighera, by Claude Monet (France). 1884.
ar labhair tú, a mhaoin
leis na crainn ológa
nach casta iad a gcuid scéalta
       is nach ársa
       beir ar lámh orm  

have you spoken, beloved
to the olive trees
how convoluted their stories
       and how ancient
       take my hand 
Picture
Grainstacks at Giverny, Sunset, by Claude Monet (France). 1889.
​cuir lasair faoi m’aisling
cuir fíor na spéire trí thine
dóigh m’inchinn
              déan íobairt díom, a thaisce
              más toil leat é
 
burn my vision –
set fire to the horizon
to my brain
       make a sacrifice of me
       beloved, if you will 
Picture
The Geese, by Claude Monet (France). 1874.
​ar éist tú leis an nuacht
nó, mo dhála féin,
ar thugais cluas do na géanna
       an leigheas is fearr, a stór
       ar bharraíocht eolais
 
sweetheart, heard the news?
or, like me, do you hearken
to the prattling of geese
       perfect antidote
       to information overload 

Gabriel Rosenstock

Gabriel Rosenstock was born in postcolonial Ireland. He is a poet, translator, haikuist, tankaist, playwright, essayist and novelist.

1 Comment
reputationpride link
5/30/2022 01:21:13 am

Nice post! This is a very nice blog that I will definitively come back to more times this year! Thanks for informative post.

Reply

Your comment will be posted after it is approved.


Leave a Reply.

    The Ekphrastic Review
    Picture
    Current Prompt
    COOKIES/PRIVACY
    This site uses cookies to deliver your best navigation experience this time and next. Continuing here means you consent to cookies. Thank you.
    Join us on Facebook:
    Picture
    Picture
    Picture



    ​
    ​Archives
    ​

    February 2023
    January 2023
    December 2022
    November 2022
    October 2022
    September 2022
    August 2022
    July 2022
    June 2022
    May 2022
    April 2022
    March 2022
    February 2022
    January 2022
    December 2021
    November 2021
    October 2021
    September 2021
    August 2021
    July 2021
    June 2021
    May 2021
    April 2021
    March 2021
    February 2021
    January 2021
    December 2020
    November 2020
    October 2020
    September 2020
    August 2020
    July 2020
    June 2020
    May 2020
    April 2020
    March 2020
    February 2020
    January 2020
    December 2019
    November 2019
    October 2019
    September 2019
    August 2019
    July 2019
    June 2019
    May 2019
    April 2019
    March 2019
    February 2019
    January 2019
    December 2018
    November 2018
    October 2018
    September 2018
    August 2018
    July 2018
    June 2018
    May 2018
    April 2018
    March 2018
    February 2018
    January 2018
    December 2017
    November 2017
    October 2017
    September 2017
    August 2017
    July 2017
    June 2017
    May 2017
    April 2017
    March 2017
    February 2017
    January 2017
    December 2016
    November 2016
    October 2016
    September 2016
    August 2016
    July 2016
    June 2016
    May 2016
    April 2016
    March 2016
    February 2016
    January 2016
    December 2015
    November 2015
    October 2015
    September 2015
    August 2015
    July 2015

    Lorette C. Luzajic theekphrasticreview@gmail.com 

  • The Ekphrastic Review
  • The Ekphrastic Challenges
    • Challenge Archives
  • Ebooks
  • Prizes
  • Book Shelf
    • Ekphrastic Book Shelf
    • Contributors' Book Shelf
    • TERcets Podcast
  • Workshops
  • Give
  • Submit
  • Contact
  • About/Masthead