Z – Zebra Stripes
Here’s the last post for the A-Z Blogging Challenge. It was a lot of fun but also very tiring, especially since I’m going to start my Kickstarter campaign in a few days. Here is a little poem called “Zebrastreifen” (zebra stripes), first published in 2007 in the book Wortbeben.
To understand this poem, you need to know that in German, a crosswalk or pedestrian crossing is called Zebrastreifen (zebra stripes). I know that the translation is less then perfect, but it’s a fun little poem and I hope you’ll like it despite the slightly bumpy rhythm.
Zebras range veldt and wilderness
calmly, side by side
like a picture peaceful and clear.
Life’s very diff’rent over here:
Runabouts jetting and dashing,
clanking and squeaking and crashing.
Your friendly police with their speed traps
know ev’rything here’s up for grabs.
Humans and animals, though strangers,
Need safety both from dangers.
The question is: who, in its section
of world, is best using protection.
The stripes on a zebra, long and bent
confuse tsetse flies, dodge their prick and ailment.
In our world, stripes on the road are wont
to save us from tires – but sometimes they don’t.
Cute poem, didn’t know that about Germany. Congrats on finishing the a-z challenge. I’m still making my way through and enjoying the linky as I’ve continued round 2 of blogging in May a-z. What’s a kickstarter campaign?
Kickstarter is a crowd-funding platform. I’m trying to get enough money to finance printing a graphic novel I translated into German. The campaig will start on the 15th of May.
I, too, am still working my way through the blogs but don’t think I’ll manage all. It#s simply too much.
That is a cute poem. It would not have made total sense, without you explanation about zebra stripes. That is so cool. 🙂
Thank you. It was quite hard to translate. 😉
Thank you both. It was an exhausting ride for me, but I enjoyed it.
A fun poem with a message as well.
Well done for the challenge.
Thanks
Fun poem, hope you get a few days of rest and recovery. My last post for the A – Z is up as well.
Thanks for the thumbs up.