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

Saturday, November 16, 2024

Melting Clock Haiku

Between Heaven and Hell, IV
first magical realist haiku

wall-to-wall mirrors
in his presidential suite ...
a melting clock ticks



FYI: "Magic realism or magical realism is a "style of literary fiction and art. It paints a realistic view of the world while also adding magical elements, often blurring the lines between fantasy and reality...excerpted from my "To the Lighthouse" post, Magical Realism in Times of Crises"


Added: Between Heaven and Hell, V

post-election blues ...
yet the stump jagged with some twigs
stretching upward


AddedAgainst the Drowning Noise of Other Words, CXXIV: "armless Gazan"

smoky sunbeams 
through tattered olive trees ...
an armless Gazan