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the sound of raindrops
in our silence of farewell
eviction night

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360 degrees
of a lighthouse searchlight …
this darkness (in me)

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this fresh morning
so much like the others …
yet starlings shape-shift

Chen-ou Liu is the author of two award-winning books, Following the Moon to the Maple Land and A Life in Transition and Translation. His tanka and haiku have been honored with many awards.