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

Showing posts with label Cold Moon Journal. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Cold Moon Journal. Show all posts

Sunday, May 17, 2026

Funeral's End Haiku

funeral's end
against the winter sunset 
the widow’s silhouette

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Saturday, May 16, 2026

Cough Haiku

cough on cough ...
yet still
this empty room

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Monday, May 4, 2026

Tides of Childhood Tanka

alone again
on a seaside bench
tides of childhood
lap against memory
in the quiet of my mind

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Wednesday, April 22, 2026

Streetlight Tanka

a girl in red
silhouetted against the glow
of a streetlight
the spark of her cigarette
deepens this winter night

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Tuesday, April 21, 2026

Late Night Chill Tanka

in late night chill
these rusting staples
on a bulletin board
below the missing puppies
a missing pink-haired teen

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Monday, April 20, 2026

Immigrant Heart Tanka

unpacking
boxes in a dusty corner
of the attic ...
faded photos buried deep 
in my immigrant heart

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Sunday, April 19, 2026

Cliche and Idea Kyoka

my mind
straddled between cliché
and half-baked idea …
suddenly a burst 
of skylark song

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Sunday, January 11, 2026

Mind's Eye Tanka

in the mirror
more strands of gray hair
yet in my mind's eye
I catch a glimpse of me
at 20 with to-do lists

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Saturday, January 10, 2026

Moonlit Shadows Tanka

box after box
of my immigrant life
in moonlit shadows
those I can't part with
those I can (but will I?)

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Friday, January 9, 2026

Another Winter Tanka

alone
in the shadow
of her man ...
another winter
together alone

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Tuesday, December 30, 2025

Office Gossip Senryu

office gossip
the chirrups
of crickets

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Monday, December 29, 2025

Comfort of Routine Tanka

alone in half-light
my mother folding clothes
like a retail pro ...
the comfort of routine
in this war-shaken world

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Sunday, December 28, 2025

Newborn Haiku

the newborn
between in-laws and her
hard-edged sunlight

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Saturday, December 27, 2025

False Dawn Haiku

false dawn ...
first to rise, my twin toddlers
sing up the sun 

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Wednesday, November 5, 2025

Exile Haiku

a flock of geese
flapping twilight silence
tenth year in exile

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Tuesday, November 4, 2025

Fallen Blossoms Haiku

blossom on blossom
I wish I could 
let go of the past

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Monday, August 25, 2025

River Stroll Haiku

river stroll
salmon leap from cloud
to cloud

reprinted in The Zen Space, Summer 2025
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Sunday, August 24, 2025

Farewell Tanka

Mother's farewell
lasts far into my first night ...
Taiwan, lone island
seen through the airplane window
as my lower lip trembles

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Sunday, August 3, 2025

Nail Holes Tanka

slanted moonlight
on nail holes in the wall ...
box after box
of my immigrant life
wrapped in shadows

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Thursday, July 3, 2025

Silver-Haired Father Haiku

silver-haired father
now my child
foggy winter night

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