Living on Ilha Formosa,
we are haunted by a war of Names,
fighting for the Republic of China/Taiwan.
We Chinese, we Taiwanese
will never end our civil war,
a bloody bloodless civil bore.
No Kamikazes crashing,
no Dr. Luther King murdered.
To Uncle Sam and Brother Momotaro,
We are the good soldiers.
Lacking the ghosts of History
we are haunted.
Winter 2010 issue of Rust+Moth
A Poet's Roving Thoughts: Featured Poet in Issue 21, tsuri-dōrō
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Issue #21 – May/June 2024
Featured Poet – Chen-ou Liu
a white lie
to cover another
early snowfall
light of dawn
a tai chi master
pushes the silence
AA me...