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Chen-ou Liu
table for one
barely above a whisper …
year-end dinner
snow crystals
on my neighbor’s windows …
Foreclosure askew
first job interview
my shadow
on the sunlit snow
strawberry stains
on the corners of my son’s mouth …
his laugh in my laughter
laid off again …
this snowy night lengthens
car by car
alone with my shadow
on the childhood beach
gull after gull …
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 honoured with many awards.
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Conny Borgelioen
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Chen-ou Liu
sky, sea and sand ... in light and palm shadow old dog and me * a face in the care home window sliver of moon * obituaries circled in his week-old newspaper ... deep winter * dipping in the mountain lake me and spring moon * thunder-leaden sky a...