My Dear Friends:
NeverEnding Story reached a new milestone late this morning: 2.5 M pageveiws (FYI: On June, 13 2024, it reached 2 M pageviews)
I am grateful to everyone who has been a part of this poetry journey. And NeverEnding Story now seeks the haiku and tanka that can bite and bite hard.
The accepted haiku and tanka will be translated into Chinese and posted on NeverEnding Story and X. And you are welcome to follow me on X at @ericcoliu (4 following, 4,922 followers).
on the windowsill
two canaries singing
to each other
I tweet and retweet
NeverEnding Story 😋
In a war situation or where violence and injustice are prevalent, "poetry is called upon to be something more than a thing of beauty."
-- Seamus Heaney
And
What poetry can, must, and will always do for us: it complicates us, it doesn't "soothe."
-- Jorie Graham
I would like to conclude today's "Hot News" post with the following latest entry of Against the Drowning Noise of Other Words, CCXVII: "'relocation plan'"
written in response to Haaretz, Aug. 20,2025: Defense Minister Approves Plan to Conquer Gaza City; 130,000 IDF Reservists to Be Mobilized
"Relocation Plan"
summer odors ...
nowhere to go, no way
to get pieces of bread
ghost town
a Gazan's mind a labyrinth
of dead bodies
FYI: Haaretz, August 22, 2025: 'Gates of Hell Will Open': Israel's Defense Minister Vows to Level Gaza City After IDF Takeover Plan Approved
Added: Against the Drowning Noise of Other Words, CCXVIII: "bloodied keffiyeh"
a single sneaker
amid the twisted rebar
a bloodied keffiyeh
FYI: For many Palestinians, the keffiyeh symbolizes their yearning for freedom and serves a nod to their history. For some non-Palestinians, it's a show of solidarity.
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