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

Thursday, February 26, 2026

Fence Haiku

morning glories
and the fence two feet higher ...
what's left between us



FYI: This is a sequel to my haiku below:

new neighbor
morning glories spill
over our fence


white picket fence
both sides of silencing
the silent



Added:

distant thunder
crow after crow explodes
bare birch trees


Added:

one mangy dog
mounting another …
winter rain
hammers corrugated roofs
while blue tarps shudder


Added:

traffic lights 
from green to red, red to green
loom for miles
no cars, no one walking 
in the sound of cold snap


Added: 

yellow crane arms
frozen against the sky
in a cold snap
skyscrapers blur and sink
into gathering dark


Added:

snowy road home
footsteps echo behind
as night darkens


Added:

on the way home
my shadow sways in silence …
laid off again


Added:

my dog takes me
for a morning stroll ...
first snowdrops