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

Sunday, October 31, 2021

Halloween: Behind The Mask

Two Hundred and Eightieth Entry, Coronavirus Poetry Diary

dripping blood
from my front door banner:
no trick or treat

hazy streetlight
teen vampires kissing
with masks under their chins

more hotspots 
added to the Covid heat map
déjà vu nightmare



Added: Two Hundred and Eighty-First Entry

the click of a fan
in my quarantine room ...
breakthrough cases surge