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

Saturday, November 9, 2024

Ripped Tents and Fireballs Haiku

Against the Drowning Noise of Other Words, CXXIII: "ripped tents and fireballs"

puddles outside
and inside miles of ripped tents ...
fireballs bursting skyward



FYI: The following haiku set haiku could be read as its sequel:

Against the Drowning Noise of Other Words, XCIX: "somewhere out there"

Somewhere Out There

a girl stares long
at the the borderless sky
Rafah crossing

the great beyond

of fire
a pillar
ladders 
a boy