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

Sunday, June 21, 2026

The World without Father Tanka

written for my late father:

alone again
on this winding road home
in slanted moonlight
I try to imagine my place
in the world without Father



FYI: This is a sequel to my tanka below:

Father's breath
fades into forever ...
I gaze out 
his hospice window
at the moon, its fullness

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