Father's Ashes Haiku

winter fog

heavier than expected

father's ashes

Autumn Moon Haiku Journal, 9:1, 2025

Eviction Night Haiku

eviction night

boxes of my immigrant dreams

wrapped in shadows

Chinese Translation

驅逐之夜

我的移民夢想裝進一堆箱子

籠罩在陰影中

Autumn Moon Haiku Journal, 8:1, Autumn/Winter 2024 

Curve of Laughter Haiku

first day of school

curve after curve of laughter

down a spiral slide

Chinese Translation

開學第一天

一聲接著一聲歡笑

沿著螺旋滑梯滑下

Autumn Moon Haiku Journal, 8:1, Autumn/Winter 2024 

Snowdrop Trail Haiku

snowdrop trail

I hold my sick wife's hand

tight and tighter

Chinese Translation

雪花蓮小徑

我握著生病妻子的手

越來越緊

Autumn Moon Haiku Journal, 7:2, 2024

Forest Bathing Haiku

forest bathing

this silence in the sound

of redwoods

Chinese Translation

森林浴

紅木之聲

的寂靜

Autumn Moon Haiku Journal, 7:2, 2024

Childhood Song Haiku

Chinatown night stroll ...

a childhood song uncurls

from his erhu

Autumn Moon Haiku Journal, 7:1, Autumn/Winter 2023

Chinese Translation

夜逛唐人街 ...

從他的二胡音樂聲中

一首兒時歌曲展開來

Summer Fair Haiku

English original

the sky dappled

with cotton candy clouds ...

summer fair

Chinese Translation

 

天空佈滿

棉花糖形狀的雲彩 ...

夏季博覽會

Autumn Moon Haiku Journal, 6:2, Spring/Summer 2023

In Sleep Haiku

early leaf fall ...

my wife holds me tighter

even in sleep

Autumn Moon Haiku, 6:1, Autumn/Winter, 2022-2023

Redwood Hike Haiku

the scent 

of dappled sunlight

redwood hike

Chinese Translation

斑駁陽光

的氣味

步行紅木森林

Autumn Moon Haiku Journal, 5:2, Spring/Summer 2022

Evacuation Train Haiku

drawing hearts

on her breath-fogged window ...

evacuation train

Chinese Translation

繪製重疊的心

在她的霧氣朦朧的窗戶上 ...

疏散撤離列車

Autumn Moon Haiku Journal, 5:2, Spring/Summer 2022

Light of Snow Haiku

light of snow

my newborn’s chest rises

with every breath

Chinese Translation

雪光

每一次呼吸我的新生兒

胸部隆起

Autumn Moon Haiku Journal, 5:1, Fall/Winter 2021-2022

Muezzin’s Call Haiku

spike in cases

the muezzin’s call

more distant

Chinese Translation

 

更多的新病例

穆斯林宣禮員的召喚聲

更加遙遠                

Autumn Moon Haiku Journal, 4:2, Spring/Summer 2021

Old Age Home Haiku

old age home

once in a while the sound

of footsteps

Chinese Translation

 

養老院

偶爾聽到

腳步聲

Autumn Moon Haiku Journal, 4:2, Spring/Summer 2021

Tow Trucks and Snowfall Haiku

a tow truck

pulling another

first snowfall

Chinese tRanslation

一輛拖車

費力拖著另一輛

首次降雪

Autumn Moon Haiku Journal, 4:1, Fall/Winter 2020-2021

Window Display and Masked Face Haiku

window display

the blush of autumn sunset

on her masked face

Chinese Translation

櫥窗陳列

在她戴面罩的臉上

秋天的夕陽紅

Autumn Moon Haiku Journal, 4:1, Fall/Winter 2020-2021

Street Boy Haiku

shelter in place --

a faraway look on the face

of a street boy

 

Chinese Translation

 

在家避難

一名街頭小孩臉上

遠望的神情

Autumn Moon Haiku Journal, 3:2, Spring/Summer 2020

River’s Edge Haiku

the weight
of winter twilight
river’s edge

Chinese Translation

冬天暮色
的沉重之感
河流的邊緣
        
Autumn Moon Haiku Journal 3:1, Fall/Winter 2019-2020

Harvest Moon and Thoughts of Home Haiku

(for Li Po)

harvest moon
holding my thoughts of home
close . . . and closer

Chinese Translation

豐收月
貼近 ...再貼近
我對家的思念

Autumn Moon Haiku Journal 3:1, Fall/Winter 2019-2020

Moss-Covered Rock Haiku

moss-covered rock
what I could have been
otherwise

Autumn Moon Haiku Journal, 2:2, Spring/Summer, 2019

Bonding Trip Haiku

bonding trip ...
we paddle through
summer stars

Autumn Moon Haiku Journal, 2:2, Spring/Summer, 2019