Poetry in the Moment: Deadly Silence Tanka

Sunday, December 20, 2015

Deadly Silence Tanka

spider hammocks
suspended in dried corn stalks...
the deadly silence
between migrant workers
on the way to work

German Translation by Tony Böhle

Spinnenweben
aufgespannt in getrockneten Maisstängeln…
die tödlichee Stille
zwischen den Wanderarbeitern
auf dem Weg zur Arbeit

Featured Poet, Einunddreissig, November 2015

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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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