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

Friday, June 19, 2026

Crease Haiku

her side of the bed
slanted winter moonlight
in the crease



FYI: For a detailed analysis of this haiku, see To the Lighthouse: Literary Device: Objective Correlative


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a spider repairing
its moonlit web


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his last call missed ...
the porch chime 
in a winter night wind


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a weeping willow
leans slightly downstream
life between gigs