Poetry in the Moment

Blog Archive of Chen-ou Liu’s Published Poems: If no one reads my poetry, Death will be the Reviewer.

Friday, July 4, 2025

July 4th Reflection Tanka

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not down in the gutter nor high in the cirrus clouds ... at thirty holding a cubicle job I stare at the fireworks-lit sky NeverEnding Story,...
Thursday, July 3, 2025

Silver-Haired Father Haiku

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silver-haired father now my child foggy winter night Cold Moon Journal, April 24 2025
Wednesday, July 2, 2025

First Blind Date Senryu

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first blind date a cherry tomato in one bite   The Solitary Daisy, 50, 2025  
Tuesday, July 1, 2025

Bent Woman Haiku

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churchyard shadows a bent woman speaking in tongues Ink Sweat & Tears, April 17, 2025  
Monday, June 30, 2025

Summer Fly Haiku

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I open the window to let out a summer fly ... the silence falls Ink Sweat & Tears, April 17, 2025    
Sunday, June 29, 2025

Loose Skin over Bone Tanka

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Against the Drowning Noise of Other Words , CXCVII: "loose skin over bone" this dull-eyed baby  with loose skin over bone ... a Ga...
Saturday, June 28, 2025

Sultry Smell Tanka

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the sultry smell of grilled salmon and shrimp our shoulders close, closer to each other and our wandering hearts, too NeverEnding Story, Jun...
Friday, June 27, 2025

Subway's Sway Haiku

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breezy sunshine my blind date and I slow-dance to subway's sway Ink Sweat & Tears, April 17, 2025  
Thursday, June 26, 2025

Hospice Garden Haiku

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hospice garden the wishing fountain fills with fallen leaves Ink Sweat & Tears, April 17, 2025  
Wednesday, June 25, 2025

Salmon Sunset Haiku

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end-of-day catch our wicker basket full of salmon sunset Ink Sweat & Tears, April 17, 2025  
Tuesday, June 24, 2025

TV Debate Senryu

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tv debate ... telling one bark of a stray from another Ink Sweat & Tears, April 17, 2025  
Monday, June 23, 2025

Worker in Words Tanka

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midnight hush ... I, a worker in words straddle the line between the abstract, death and the concrete, aging body NeverEnding Story, June 21...
Sunday, June 22, 2025

BombafterBomb and MurderafterMurder Tanka

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Trump Empire, Inc , XXXIX bombafterbomb silencing everything below ... D.C.'s skies explode  with murderaftermurder of shape-shifting cr...
Saturday, June 21, 2025

Cancerland Tanka

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in Cancerland I walk this winding road often delayed and turned in circles ... the farther I go the more I stiffen Gusts, 41, Spring/Summer ...
Friday, June 20, 2025

Roadside Wreath Tanka

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the roadside wreath in a drift of snowflakes how fleeting my memories of her who pirouetted, pirouetted Gusts, 41, Spring/Summer 2025 
Thursday, June 19, 2025

Coffee and Poetry Tanka

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seaside bow-windows radiating the canopies of sunlight ... a cup of coffee and poetry nothing more and nothing less Gusts , 41, Spring/Summe...
Wednesday, June 18, 2025

Abused Body and Mind Haiku

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her abused body inside the inside of her mind The Bamboo Hut, 2025
Tuesday, June 17, 2025

Haze Senryu

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right place, wrong time? this five-glass-of-wine haze of jet lag NeverEnding Story, June 14, 2025 FYI: This is a response senryu to the foll...
Monday, June 16, 2025

The Last Year of My Father's Life

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A haiku sequence for my father who was born in mainland China, lived most of his adult life in Taiwan, died and was buried there in 2022 a s...
Sunday, June 15, 2025

Border of Life Tanka

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Trump Empire, In c, XXXVI blood still dripping from this rusty barbed wire ... an old man murmurs  to his only son who stands  beyond the bo...
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Chen-ou Liu, 劉鎮歐
Born in Taipei,Taiwan, Chen-ou Liu was a college teacher, essayist, editor,and two-time winner of the national Best Book Review Radio Program Award.In 2002,he emigrated to Canada and settled in Ajax,a suburb of Toronto. Featured in New Resonance 7: Emerging Voices in English-Language Haiku, and listed as one of the top ten haiku poets for 2011(Simply Haiku, 9:3,4, Autumn/Winter 2011),Chen-ou Liu is the author of five books, including Following the Moon to the Maple Land (First Prize, 2011 Haiku Pix Chapbook Contest) and A Life in Transition and Translation (Honorable Mention, 2014 Turtle Light Press Biennial Haiku Chapbook Contest). His tanka and haiku have been honored with 160 awards,including First Prize Co-Winner, 7th and 8th International Tanka Festival Competition, 2012; Tanka First and Third Places, 2011 San Francisco International Competition; Grand Prix, 2010 Klostar Ivanic Haiku Contest and First Prize Co-Winner, 2010 Haiku International Association Haiku Contest.
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