Bill Wolak

Haiku in English and Spanish
Translations by Adriana Walter

 

snow-covered mountain
polished by moonlight
hair down your naked back

montana cubierta con nieve
pulida por la luz de la luna
pelo en cascada por su espalda

 

 
leaving without a word
crumpled in her raincoat pocket
bra and panties

salio sin una palabra
su ropa interior estrujada
en el bolsillo del abrigo

 

Bill Wolak’s poems, translations and critical work have appeared in numerous literary magazines worldwide. He has been awarded several National Endowment for the Humanities scholarships and two Fulbright-Hays scholarships to study and travel in India, and has also travelled in Tibet, Nepal, Thailand, Japan, China and Iran. Recently he was selected to be a featured reader at the 2011 Kritya International Poetry Festival in Nagpur, India. He has been an adjunct professor in the English Department at William Paterson University for over twenty years.