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Chen-ou Liu on International Haiku Poetry Day
end-of-day catch
our wicker basket full
of salmon sunset
*
hospice garden
the wishing fountain fills
with fallen leaves
*
breezy sunshine
my blind date and I slow-dance
to subway’s sway
*
churchyard shadows
a bent woman speaking
in tongues
*
I open the window
to let out summer flies …
the silence falls
*
tv debate …
telling one bark of a stray
from another
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.
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