Poetry in the Moment: Awkward Silence Tanka

Tuesday, December 22, 2015

Awkward Silence Tanka

three words uttered
then an awkward silence
between us...
the woodpecker's knock
echoing through the forest

German Translation by Tony Böhle

drei Worte
und dann ein betretenes
Schweigen zwischen uns…
das Klopfen des Spechts
hallt durch die Bäume

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My book is now available through www.lulu.com [Liu's] haiku resonates the Asian spirit, and makes use of aesthetics in a continuum of time that is permanent and impermanent; the process more important than the subjective specificity of object bias found in most Anglo-Western haiku like poems. His poetry demand to be interpreted by the informed reader. They do not tell all, are not based on an “aha” moment, and have no definitive ending. More importantly they give meaning and voice to the unsaid, the magic inherent in Japanese poetry. -- Poetry Review by Robert D. Wilson, Editor-in-chief of Simply Haiku.

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