translated poetry by david trinidad

from Sleeping with Bashō

Perfect Marriage

I know few couples as compatible as the rain and the river.

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When Rain Hides the Moon

Somewhere a handsome man has died.

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Color Blind

Shouldn’t the weeping cherry shed pink tears?

David Trinidad’s most recent book is Digging to Wonderland: Memory Pieces (Turtle Point Press, 2022).  His other books include Swinging on a Star (2017), Notes on a Past Life (2016), and Peyton Place: A Haiku Soap Opera (2013).  He currently lives in Chicago.