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

Friday, May 1, 2026

Writing Gembun

The blank calendar; even thoughts paused like a frozen screen.

the cursor blinks ...
the weight of another
hazy day moon



FYI: My haiku below could be read as a sequel:

hazy day moon 
alone, awake with the weight
of memory



Added: a gembun, about the precarious "work-life," for May Day:

The fan oscillates, its hum a steady heartbeat in the cramped dark.

dust motes
in the slanted moonlight
life between motels