A Taipei key opened
to Ajax twilight.
I pursued my poem
throughout the night.
Rain tapping on the window…
I gaze upon the ellipses
at the end of the poem;
they speak of falling
into spaces untold, unknown,
and strike me with their longing
Finalist in the 2011 Open Ages Poetry Contest;
Anthologized in Fire and Light
Biting NOT Barking: Flag-Covered Coffin Haiku by Nick Virgilio
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*English Original*
flag-covered coffin:
the shadow of the bugler
slips into the grave
*Selected Haiku*, 1988
Nick Virgilio
*Chinese Translation (Traditi...
