Caterpillars
What do caterpillars do?
Nothing much but chew and chew.
What do caterpillars know?
Nothing much but how to grow.
They just eat what by and by
Will make them be a butterfly,
But that is more that I an do
However much I chew and chew.
美国的著名童书作家Bill Martin Jr编辑了一本书,叫做The Bill Martin Jr Big Book of Peotry,收录了他觉得非常好的英文儿歌,出自不同的作者之手。我对儿歌作者不太熟,所以各个儿歌作者名字,我只能辨识出鹅妈妈和“佚名”...再稍微仔细看一看,就发现有个名字出现的频率很高,那就是爱琳. 菲舍( Aileen Fisher )。 我很爱她写的儿歌,非常简短,但朗朗上口,又很逗。网上搜了一下,好像还没有中文的介绍,所以我就先来做做搬运/翻译工吧。
爱琳. 菲舍( Aileen Fisher 1906 -2002)
出生于密歇根州的一个矿镇Iron River。于2002年过世于美国科罗拉多州的Boulder。1927年她毕业于密苏里大学,主修新闻专业。她之后移居芝加哥,负责帮助女记者的派遣工作, 并成为了女性新闻从业人员全国登记处(Women’s National Journalistic Register)的主任。1927年她的第一首诗歌在Child Life杂志刊登。1933年,她的第一本书出版,名为The Coffee-Pot Face,也是她的第一本儿童诗歌集。她也创作了一些儿童图书,比如 Rabbits, Rabbits ,Going Barefoot。 1978年,她获得了美国英文教师协会(National Council of Teachers of English)的诗歌优秀奖。作为一个勤奋多产的儿童图书、诗歌作者,她笔耕不辍,2002年出版的I Heard a Bluebird Sing是她的最后一本著作。
老太太活了96岁,够长寿的。在她2002年过世的时候,纽约时报刊发了讣告,并引用了评论者文章说爱琳是“一个真正的诗人”, “她有点石成金的能力”。《纽约时报》特别引了她一首短短的四行诗,显示了她的诗歌的简洁之美。
Snowy Benches
Do parks get lonely
in winter, perhaps,
when benches have only
snow on their laps?
下面的几个帖子里,我会贴The Bill Martin Jr Big Book of Peotry里选的她的几首诗。
Caterpillars
What do caterpillars do?
Nothing much but chew and chew.
What do caterpillars know?
Nothing much but how to grow.
They just eat what by and by
Will make them be a butterfly,
But that is more that I an do
However much I chew and chew.
Wise
Whoever planned
the world was wise
to think of land
and seas and skies,
To plan a sun
and moon that could
be made to run
the way they should.
But how did He
have time for all
the things we see
that are so small...
Like flowers in parks
and flakes of snow
and little sparks
the fireflies show?
Baby Chick
Peck, peck, peck
on the warm brown egg.
Out comes a neck!
Out comes a leg!
How does a chick,
who's not been about,
discover the trick
of how to get out?
谢谢介绍。整理一份也发到幻想国吧,那里有童书作家大搜索活动,这样方便对外国作家的资料感兴趣的朋友。:)
我琢磨着自己好象有她的作品,赫赫,真在书架上找到了一本,是根据她的诗“ANIMAL HOUSES”创作的绘本,很独特的一本书,有空我拍点内页来,为你的资料助兴。。表情占位:s:134
还在熟悉论坛各种功能中...还不知道怎么转发...
感谢你的帖子,为我的教学研究提供了很好的资料来源。有好东东大家一起分享吧。
很稀饭她的诗
充满智慧
好东西,好东西,赞一个表情占位:s:135