Chen-ou Liu's Translation Project: First English-Chinese Haiku and Tanka Blog

Sunday, February 13, 2011

Moon Haiku

moonlit night
reading between the lines
of Li Po's poem


World Kigo Database (Li Po)

Note: This haiku alludes to one of Li Po's (or Li Bai's ) most famous poems, Drinking Alone in the Moonlight. For further information, read "Li Bai drinking alone (with the moon, his shadow, & 42 translators)".