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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.

Chen-ou Liu

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Christine Eales

      shallow breathing the pulse of the moon haunts me still * how heavy the scent of rain longing for home * between clouds the blue notes of a skylark * past midnight she rocks her new doll to sleep     Christine Eales lives in Surrey, UK....

Meg Arnot

      * her black eye . . . red scarf muffles the sting of the north wind * muddy gaiters – Coniston Water in my wardrobe * lamb in the talons of a white-tailed eagle time of the tide     Meg Arnot’s haiku/senryu and tanka have been published...