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

Monday, December 8, 2025

Hollow-Eyed Men Haiku

hollow-eyed men huddled
outside the shelter window
hollow-eyed men waiting



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

shelter window view
this two by two freedom
of an azure sky

Trash Panda, 9, 2025


Added:

the waning moon
winter-blurred
what remains of us


Added:

awake, yet not awake
in the dark
this darkness inside


Added:

ice crystals 
on the hospital window ...
father's last look


Added: Against the Drowning Noise of Other Words, CCLV: 'Gazan stray"

twilight haze
a Gazan stray in shadow
where ravens circle


Added:

the way home
this night stretches long
as my breath clouds