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

Saturday, November 15, 2025

West Bank on Mute Haiku

Against the Drowning Noise of Other Words, CCXLVIII: "a Mina plush doll, blood-stained and headless"

West Bank on mute  
a Mina plush doll blood-stained
and headless



Added: Against the Drowning Noise of Other Words, CCXLIX: "patchworked tents"

rain pitter-pattering  
on rows of patchworked tents ...
a Gazan child
stares out at the puddle
with rippling gray skies


Added: Against the Drowning Noise of Other Words, CCL: "a Palestinian doll"

twisted rebar heap
a Palestinian doll's eyes
jammed open


Added: Against the Drowning Noise of Other Words, CCLI: "Sde Teiman"

crimson twilight
at the edge of Sde Teiman 
a scream snaps in two


FYI: +972 Magazine, Independent Journalism from Israel-Palestine, NewsLetter, Nov. 18, 2025:

Torture, neglect, and starvation: new data reveals 98 Palestinian deaths in Israeli custody

Read the full report on +972 Magazine. 


Added: Against the Drowning Noise of Other Words, CCLII: "summary execution"

their hands raised
into the thinning light ...
a soldier
fires without a word
as Jenin’s skies darken


FYI: Jenin is a city in the West Bank, Palestine. And CBC News, Nov. 28 2025UN says killing of 2 Palestinians in West Bank looks like 'summary execution'

...The UN and B’Tselem, the Israeli Information Center for Human Rights in the Occupied Territories, say since Oct. 7th, more than 1000 Palestinians have been killed in the occupied territories and that Israelis are acting with impunity...