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

Monday, January 27, 2025

Years-Old Game Tanka

night walk
from drizzle to sleet to snow --
this years-old game
of would have, could have, should have
with my drunken shadow



Added:

talk of divorce
on the long way home
for an hour
her silence speaks louder
than the sound of a blizzard


Added:

Glimpses of Light

burnt houses
the fruit of a charred citrus tree 
clings to its branches 

smoldering ruins
an etched mural stands alone
at the temple 


FYI: This is a sequel to the following haiku:

No More Fairy Tales, XLIII

a stairway
what remains of a burned house ...
Pacific Coast sunset


Added: On the Brink of Trumperica, IX

the White House
pronounces, only two sexes...
trans youth trapped
between black-and-white Kansas
and rainbow-colored Oz

FYI: In 2021, President Joe Biden issued the first presidential proclamation recognizing Transgender Day of Visibility. And the first International Transgender Day of Visibility was held on March 31, 2009.