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

Saturday, April 18, 2026

Past and Present, Then Ever

cherry blossoms 
always the same, and yet
ever new with you

pink blossom rain
the space where you used to be
pink blossom rain



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midnight crescent
in a Beirut boy's eyes
buzzing drones


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repeat after me
Trum pi no cchi o ...
the clown taps his nose


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on the road to work  
I push through the white drift --
cold snap pressing in


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to T.S. Eliot

curtains part
snow-wet roofs mirroring
April twilight


FYI: This could be read as a sequel my gembun below:

April is the cruelest month, I murmur to myself

drinking alone
the sound of snowfall
deepens