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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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Sunday, August 10, 2014

Life Haiku

winter drizzle ...
she murmurs, Life doesn't march
to a rhythmic drum

The Mustard Grain, 1:1, August, 2014

Posted by Chen-ou Liu, 劉鎮歐 at 7:16 AM

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Saturday, August 9, 2014

One-Line English Lesson Haiku

for my ESL teacher, Sylvia

first English lesson Iamyouareandheis

The Mustard Grain, 1:1, August, 2014

Posted by Chen-ou Liu, 劉鎮歐 at 7:17 AM

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Thursday, August 7, 2014

Nightclub Haiku

New Year's fireworks...
bullet holes pockmark
a nightclub wall

The Mustard Grain, 1:1, August, 2014

Posted by Chen-ou Liu, 劉鎮歐 at 8:00 AM

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Wednesday, August 6, 2014

Alley Dog Haiku

alley dog barking
intermittently
thoughts of my ex

The Mustard Grain, 1:1, August, 2014

Posted by Chen-ou Liu, 劉鎮歐 at 7:57 AM

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Tuesday, August 5, 2014

Hot-Dog Man Haiku

the lingering smell
on his "hot-dog man" apron
winter sunlight

The Mustard Grain, 1:1, August, 2014

Posted by Chen-ou Liu, 劉鎮歐 at 2:46 PM

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2 Award-Winning Books
170 Award-Winning Poems
Poems Translated Into 16 Languages

Selected Works of Chen-ou Liu

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About the Poet

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

Sunday, August 10, 2014

Life Haiku

Saturday, August 9, 2014

One-Line English Lesson Haiku

Thursday, August 7, 2014

Nightclub Haiku

Wednesday, August 6, 2014

Alley Dog Haiku

Tuesday, August 5, 2014

Hot-Dog Man Haiku

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Broken/Breaking English: Selected Short Poems

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