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

Tuesday, December 31, 2024

New Year's Eve Poems

written in response to Angelo B. Ancheta's new year's eve tanka:

the column of sparks 
from the fountain rises 
on New Year's eve 
how do I start this time 
with an end


Angelo B. Ancheta


Here are my "reflections" on this dying disaster/war-plagued year, 2024:

Personal:

shock after shock
until the end of this year
soul-exiled
from this over-eventful world
with eyes closed, I see myself

Socio-cultural:

However, most of us are just celebrating/singing...

auld lang syne ...
white lie after white lie
as we toast the days