Selected Short Poem: Poetics of Intercourse

I, committed writer
of your body,
a scroll of eros;
you, casual reader
of my face,
a map of solitude.

We screw each other
less in reading
than in writing.

Breadcrumb Scabs, 17, May 2010

Selected Short Poem: Love Monostich

the black between winter stars my love one-poem ago

Shot Glass, 7, June 2012

Selected Short Poem: Creaking Bed Monostich

night falls between her breasts the creaking bed by frosted windows

Shot Glass Journal, #6, January 2012

Selected Short Poem: Dagger of Night Monostich

between sleeps the dagger of night stabs into fleshy secrets

Sketchbook, 6:4, July/August 2011

Selected Short Poem: Midnight Moon Monostich

midnight moon shedding light on the scars of my past

Sketchbook, 6:4, July/August 2011

Selected Short Poem: Moon Monostich

tears from my mind deface the autumn moon

Sketchbook, 6:4, July/August 2011

Selected Short Poem: Broken Bones Monostich

moonbeams hit the waves a sea of broken bones

Sketchbook, 6:4, July/August 2011

Selected Short Poem: White Quilt Monostich

peeling off layered loneliness I weave a white quilt

Sketchbook, 6:4, July/August 2011

Selected Short Poem: Moonlight Monostich

moonlight ripples through snowflakes

Sketchbook, 6:4, July/August 2011

Selected Short Poem: River of Words Poem

I drink the silence
of the crescent moon
in a river of words

A Handful of Stones, June 13, 2010

Selected Short Poem: Thinking of Li Po Under a Moonlit Night

for Li Po (also known as Li Bai, 701-762) who is known for his poem, "Drinking Alone by Moonlight" and called the God of Poetry, but who only called himself the god of wine.

Bending my mind,
I dig all English words
out of a moonlit night --
a Chinese coolie laboring
in a foreign mine.

Gazing at the moon,
I think of Li Po
and drink a full cup ...
This winter has come
to me and me alone.

Word Catalyst, 9:2, May 2009

Note: In celebration of the upcoming 7th anniversary of being a published writer of Japanese short form poetry, I am pleased to announce a new publishing project, Selected Short Poems by Chen-ou Liu.