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

Tuesday, July 21, 2026

Surging Pacific Haiku

Yellowing Memories, IX

surging Pacific ...
on its other shore mom waved
I wave back in dreams



FYI: This could be read as a prequel to my haiku below:

wind-torn clouds
the surging winter ocean
between mom and me


And This could be read as a sequel to my tanka prose below:

The Point of No Return

On the day of my emigration to Canada, a land of maple leaves and snowflakes that will eventually bury my past.

a parting
of summer clouds
mother
lets go of my hand
. . . and of my heart

Ribbons, 16:1, Winter 2020