Poetry in the Moment

Blog Archive of Chen-ou Liu’s Published Poems: If no one reads my poetry, Death will be the Reviewer.

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Butterfly Dream: Rain Barrel Haiku by Travis Park - *English Original* rain barrel a cloud settles into itself *LEAF*, 10, July 2026 Travis Park *Chinese Translation (Traditional)* 雨桶一朵雲沉入雲層中 *Chinese...

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Thursday, May 7, 2026

Waning Moon Haiku

waning moon

during our silence

the drip of icicles

Charlotte Digregorio's Writer's Blog, December 12 2025

Posted by Chen-ou Liu, 劉鎮歐 at 2:40 PM

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Labels: Charlotte Digregorio's Writer's Blog, haiku, moon, relationship, silence

Monday, February 23, 2026

Scars Inside Haiku

Remembrance Day

a white-haired veteran wears

his scars inside

Charlotte Digregorio's Writer's Blog, Oct. 6 2025

Posted by Chen-ou Liu, 劉鎮歐 at 10:09 AM

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Labels: aging, Charlotte Digregorio's Writer's Blog, haiku, memory, remembrance, war

Saturday, October 11, 2025

Rush Hour Traffic Senryu

rush hour traffic ...

bumper sticker: Honk if you love peace

and quiet

Charlotte Digregorio's Writer's Blog, July 16, 2025

Posted by Chen-ou Liu, 劉鎮歐 at 2:50 PM

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Labels: Charlotte Digregorio's Writer's Blog, peace, senryu, urban life

Thursday, May 9, 2024

Moonlit Beach Haiku

moonlit beach

the brush of her skin

against mine

Charlotte Digregorio's Writer's Blog, Feb. 14, 2024

Posted by Chen-ou Liu, 劉鎮歐 at 1:20 PM

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Labels: beach, Charlotte Digregorio's Writer's Blog, haiku, moon, relationship, sex

Wednesday, September 20, 2023

Floating Border Wall Haiku

the floating border wall . . .

unfamiliar birds wind-strewn

through twilight sky

"Borders," Charlotte Digregorio's Writer's Blog, August 19, 2023

FYI: L1 refers to Texas’ 1,000-foot string of floating orange buoys that the state deployed in the Rio Grande near Eagle Pass in early July.

Posted by Chen-ou Liu, 劉鎮歐 at 4:32 PM

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Labels: Charlotte Digregorio's Writer's Blog, haiku, man-nature, sociopolitic

Wednesday, August 31, 2022

Parking Lot Brawl Senryu

a woman in high-heels

after her dog after a man

parking lot brawl

Charlotte Digregorio's Writer's Blog, May 23 2022

Posted by Chen-ou Liu, 劉鎮歐 at 10:23 AM

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Labels: Charlotte Digregorio's Writer's Blog, relationship, senryu

Monday, March 28, 2022

Rose Petal Strewn Path Haiku

rose petal strewn path

our talk full of would haves

could haves, should haves . . .

Charlotte Digregorio's Writer's Blog, Feb. 19, 2022

Posted by Chen-ou Liu, 劉鎮歐 at 10:39 AM

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Labels: Charlotte Digregorio's Writer's Blog, haiku, man-nature, relationship

Saturday, February 19, 2022

Father's Footsteps and Whiff of Whiskey Haiku

thud-thud-thud

of my father's footsteps

whiff of whiskey

Charlotte Digregorio's Writer's Blog, November 30 2021

Posted by Chen-ou Liu, 劉鎮歐 at 11:51 AM

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Labels: Charlotte Digregorio's Writer's Blog, drunk, father, haiku

Monday, December 27, 2021

December Tornadoes Tanka

December tornadoes ...

at the end of a trail

of debris

a mud-stained teddy bear

in the midnight chill

Charlotte Digregorio's Writer's Blog, December 19 2021

Posted by Chen-ou Liu, 劉鎮歐 at 10:41 AM

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Labels: Charlotte Digregorio's Writer's Blog, disaster, tanka

Monday, December 13, 2021

Attic Wall Haiku

watching a fly

climb the attic wall ...

prolonged lockdown

Revision, Charlotte Digregorio's Writer's Blog, Dec. 8 2021

Posted by Chen-ou Liu, 劉鎮歐 at 3:05 PM

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Labels: Charlotte Digregorio's Writer's Blog, coronavirus, disas, haiku, illness

Tuesday, November 30, 2021

Whiff of whiskey Haiku

thud-thud-thud

of my father’s footsteps

whiff of whiskey

Charlotte Digregorio's Writer's Blog, November 30 2021

Posted by Chen-ou Liu, 劉鎮歐 at 3:34 PM

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Labels: Charlotte Digregorio's Writer's Blog, drunk, father, haiku, relationship

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2 Award-Winning Books
170 Award-Winning Poems
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Chen-ou Liu, 劉鎮歐: Born in Taipei,Taiwan, Chen-ou Liu was a college teacher, essayist, editor,and two-time winner of the national Best Book Review Radio Program Award.In 2002,he emigrated to Canada and settled in Ajax,a suburb of Toronto. Featured in New Resonance 7: Emerging Voices in English-Language Haiku, and listed as one of the top ten haiku poets for 2011(Simply Haiku, 9:3,4, Autumn/Winter 2011),Chen-ou Liu is the author of five books, including Following the Moon to the Maple Land (First Prize, 2011 Haiku Pix Chapbook Contest) and A Life in Transition and Translation (Honorable Mention, 2014 Turtle Light Press Biennial Haiku Chapbook Contest). His tanka and haiku have been honored with 170 awards,including First Prize Co-Winner, 7th and 8th International Tanka Festival Competition, 2012; Tanka First and Third Places, 2011 San Francisco International Competition; Grand Prix, 2010 Klostar Ivanic Haiku Contest and First Prize Co-Winner, 2010 Haiku International Association Haiku Contest.

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Broken/Breaking English: Selected Short Poems

My book is now available through Lulu.This collection of short poems is filled with themes of immigration, learning English, racialized identity, and a poet’s life struggles.

Following the Moon to the Maple Land

My book (First Prize Winner of the Spring 2011 Haiku Pix Chapbook Contest) is now available through http://www.haikupix.com/ You are one of the most lyric haikuists in our worldwide haiku family. You have the gift of tugging at our hearts. I can see why so many of your haiku have won awards. -- Neal Whitman, renowned American poet

Ripples from a Splash

My book is now available through www.lulu.com [Liu's] haiku resonates the Asian spirit, and makes use of aesthetics in a continuum of time that is permanent and impermanent; the process more important than the subjective specificity of object bias found in most Anglo-Western haiku like poems. His poetry demand to be interpreted by the informed reader. They do not tell all, are not based on an “aha” moment, and have no definitive ending. More importantly they give meaning and voice to the unsaid, the magic inherent in Japanese poetry. -- Poetry Review by Robert D. Wilson, Editor-in-chief of Simply Haiku.

A New Resonance 7

A New Resonance 7: Emerging Voices in English-Language Haiku edited by Jim Kacian and Dee Evetts. I'm featured in this anthology and have 15 haiku included in it. This is the seventh volume in a series that has won the Haiku Society of America's Merit Book Award in each of its first six appearances.

Poetry in the Moment

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

Thursday, May 7, 2026

Waning Moon Haiku

Monday, February 23, 2026

Scars Inside Haiku

Saturday, October 11, 2025

Rush Hour Traffic Senryu

Thursday, May 9, 2024

Moonlit Beach Haiku

Wednesday, September 20, 2023

Floating Border Wall Haiku

Wednesday, August 31, 2022

Parking Lot Brawl Senryu

Monday, March 28, 2022

Rose Petal Strewn Path Haiku

Saturday, February 19, 2022

Father's Footsteps and Whiff of Whiskey Haiku

Monday, December 27, 2021

December Tornadoes Tanka

Monday, December 13, 2021

Attic Wall Haiku

Tuesday, November 30, 2021

Whiff of whiskey Haiku

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Broken/Breaking English: Selected Short Poems

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