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

Monday, December 16, 2024

Late Father's Face Haiku

dream after dream
my late father's face blurry
... and blurrier



FYI: This is a sequel to my haiku below:

snowflakes drift
from silence to silence
weight of Father's urn



Added:

alone in the shadow
of Father's gravestone
early snowfall


Added:

loneliness
descends with early snow ...
before sleep
I look a little longer
into the mirror


Added:

border checkpoint
in the child's eyes
a feather-gray sky


Added:

barbed wire ...
wrinkles crisscross
a migrant’s face