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

Sunday, September 6, 2026

Cyclic Pursuit of Love

I scroll through one dating app after another, and another.

snow on snow
our pot of tea steeps dark
and bitter

Beeps flurry. Messages stack up. Faces blur. I scroll until my thumb aches. The night thins out into small screens.

awake, facing
the empty side of my bed
sunrise tinged gray

A vee of geese unzips the morning sky. I reach for my phone.