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

Saturday, May 11, 2024

Northern Lights Haiku

war news on mute ...
the skies painted in hues
of green, pink and blue



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

the reach 
of my selfie stick ...
northern lights


And  CTV News, May 10: Spectacular aurora light show to be seen across Canada Friday night

The U.S. government's National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) issued the first geomagnetic storm watch at the second highest level of G4 since 2005. Geomagnetic storms have five ratings based on severity of their impact, from G1 (minor) to G5 (extreme).


Added: Game Show, 2024, XLIII

in this ghost town
not everything gone ...
a MAGA billboard


FYI: This is a sequel to my haiku below

rusty staples
on the bulletin board
a ghost town

Selected Haiku, Kissing A Ghost: 2021 NZPS Poetry Contest Anthology


AddedGame Show, 2024, XLIV

Trump’s fake news
going coronaviral
a tornado of bats


AddedGame Show, 2024, XLV

between Donald Trump jokes a thunderous echo-fart


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

Game Show, 2024, XLII
written in response to CNN, April 15: Jury selection begins in Trump's historic hush money trial

men's room brawl
this shit-stained moment
for a hush money joke



AddedGame Show, 2024, XLVI

her heels click, clicking
loudly on the courtroom floor 
hush money trial


Donald Trump’s lawyers tried to portray the scrappy adult-film actress as a lying profiteer. Instead, she emerged as an intelligent, credible witness who is also very good at making money.

She has alleged that, during a 2006 celebrity golf tournament in Lake Tahoe, she met the future President, had less-than-mediocre sex with him, and, a decade later, in the lead-up to the 2016 Presidential election, was paid a hundred and thirty thousand dollars to keep quiet about it.

“Part of the American dream is making money,” she writes in her memoir, Full Disclosure, “I am a firm believer in capitalism.”


AddedGame Show, 2024, XLVII

crows caw-caw-caw
in the unseasonal heat
a pornstar 
an ex-President... and judges
countless (real and on-line)


AddedGame Show, 2024, XLVIII

face to face
with a ten-year-old Trump fan
Mexican parrot


Added: Game Show, 2024, XLIX

crows caw-caw-caw
the drawn-out debate
with a Trump fan


Added:

a murky red dot
in the orange-tinged skies
on the way out
with prayers we drive through
this wall of wildfire smoke


FYI: CNN, May 14: Rapidly-spreading fires are threatening to burn through Canadian towns and degrading air quality

Dangerous wildfires have scorched tens of thousands of acres and are closing in on multiple Canadian towns, forcing thousands of evacuations and degrading air quality...Canadian fire officials are warning of an “explosive” season that may rival last year.