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

Thursday, July 9, 2026

Silhouette Haiku

silhouette
across storefront ATM glow
moths circling



FYI: This haiku approaches yūgen through a stark, modern cityscape... for more about yūgen and deailted comments, see "To the Lighthouse: Yūgen (幽玄)"


Added:

beneath the billboard
a shopping cart of blankets
frost in the moonlight