Poetry in the Moment

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

Showing posts with label sijo. Show all posts
Showing posts with label sijo. Show all posts
Sunday, January 23, 2011

The Cruelest Night: A Sijo

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Loneliness seizes night with its teeth and growls, I'll eat you up Savoring the bright moon, flowering trees my Li Po, my wine cup, and ...
Saturday, January 22, 2011

I've Dreamed of You: A Sijo

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You come and go with no traces left as the flame of my heart rises and falls You laugh and cry with no sounds heard as the beat of my heart ...
Tuesday, July 20, 2010

Sleepless Night

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Night without end. My heart clings to the lower tip of the crescent moon. In bleeding calculation I evaluate the price. Vast -- in its passi...
Wednesday, June 9, 2010

Flies and I (Sijo)

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After a cascade of showers slanting sunlight slips into my room Followed by a swarm of flies buzzing around like aimless tourists Alone, I h...
Friday, May 28, 2010

I Am a Reluctant Polygamist (Sijo)

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Loneliness assumes its wifely role at dawn preparing for me three meals of tenderness Moon is an unstable mistress after sunset seducing me ...
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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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