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

Monday, April 8, 2024

Solar Eclipse Senryu



solar eclipse crowd
the first glimpse
of my ex with her lover


FYI: Watch live with me 😁 as a total solar eclipse moves across North America or Reading "Special Feature: Haiku and Tanka Selected for Total Solar Eclipse"


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the afternoon sky turns dark
a deep crash
of Truth Social stock


FYI: CNN, April 8: Trump’s net worth has tumbled by $2 billion since Truth Social stock peaked last month

Shares of Trump Media & Technology Group continue to rapidly fall back to Earth. The Truth Social owner dropped by another 10% on Monday, adding to a brutal week that wiped out a third of the stock’s value.


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light rapidly dims
and shadows grow sharper
then day flips
to darkness for three minutes ...
at last a diamond ring


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day flips to darkness
face to face my dog and I
howling


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three-minute darkness ...
the murmurs 
of ohmygodohmygod