Hot News: A New Milestone, 1.328 M Pageviews and Call for Submissions

My Dear Friends:

Launched on the first day of 2013, NeverEnding Story crossed the 1.328 million view mark early this morning (FYI: The last milestone, 1.11 Million Pageviews, was reached on January 3, 2021).

I am grateful to everyone who has been a part of this poetry journey. And look forward to reading your haiku and tanka. 

See anthology submission guidelines for haiku and tanka. The accepted haiku and tanka will be translated into Chinese and posted on NeverEnding Story and Twitter.  And You are welcome to follow me on Twitter at @ericcoliu (4 following, 4144 followers).

first sunrise ...

my midlife drained of all

but hungry

for these magic words

NeverEnding Story 😇

on the windowsill

two canaries singing

to each other

I tweet and retweet

NeverEnding Story  😋

We read to know we're "not alone."

-- The character of C.S. Lewis in William Nicholson's play, "Shadowlands" 

The proper response to a poem is "another poem."

-- Phyllis Webb 

And it's approatite to conclude today's "Hot News" post with my new year haiku:

my old dog and me ...

a roof icicle

dripping first sunlight

Happy New Year, 2022! May your happiness be large and your bills be small.

Stay safe and well

Chen-ou

Added: A senryu set is written on New Year's Sunday:

The Making of "Make It New"

Mala beads

carved into skull shapes

dream of the last night

the glow 

of a good-luck crystal 

first sunrise