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Sunday, January 18, 2026

One Man's Maple Moon: Fire and Ice Tanka by Jane Reichhold

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English Original fire and ice in the obsidian the memory of flowing lava under new-fallen snow Ardea , 5, 2015 Jane Reichhold   Chinese Tran...
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Saturday, January 17, 2026

Butterfly Dream: Hero’s Monument Haiku by Dimitar Anakiev

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English Original beneath the foot of the hero’s monument the tourist’s shadow Frogpond , 23:3, 2000 Dimitar Anakiev Chinese Translation (Tra...
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Friday, January 16, 2026

Butterfly Dream: Blue Winter Sky Haiku by Bruce Ross

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English Original blue winter sky the little peck holes up a pine tree Summer Drizzles , 2005 Bruce Ross Chinese Translation (Traditional) 冬日...
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Thursday, January 15, 2026

Poetic Musings: Ulysses Butterfly Tanka by Chen-ou Liu

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shadowing a Ulysses butterfly to this mountain trail of many twists and turns ... at last Time leaves me alone 外国語短歌佳作, 富士山大賞2025 Honorable ...
Wednesday, January 14, 2026

A Room of My Own: Tel Aviv’s Sunset Tanka

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Against the Drowning Noise of Other Words , CCLXVII:  "Israelis leaving in record numbers" I turn, turning back  to see Tel Aviv’s...
Tuesday, January 13, 2026

Butterfly Dream: Shaved Head Haiku by Susan Bonk Plumridge

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English Original shaved head  making friends  with the wind  Failed Haiku, 7: 77, May 2022 Susan Bonk Plumridge  Chinese Translation (Tradi...
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Monday, January 12, 2026

One Man's Maple Moon: Winter Dusk Tanka by Marion Alice Poirier

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English Original in winter dusk an ocean flows between us ... I play our song and wonder, can you hear it beneath the sickle moon? Marion Al...
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Sunday, January 11, 2026

Butterfly Dream: Mind and Woods Haiku by Jack Galmitz

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English Original    can’t       be    out      of     yr   mind    woods  near    by Yards & Lots , 2012 Jack Galmitz    Chinese Transla...
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Saturday, January 10, 2026

Butterfly Dream: Early Morning Chill Haiku by Kanchan Chatterjee

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English Original early morning chill … a billow of smoke rises from the fresh pyre Ceatrix , 53, June 2021 Kanchan Chatterjee Chinese Transl...
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Friday, January 9, 2026

One Man's Maple Moon: Cat Tanka by Barry George

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English Original in frangipani breezes along the white-walled Key West street a cat moves and with it part of the night  The One That Flies ...
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Thursday, January 8, 2026

A Room of My Own: River of Mud and Waste Haiku

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Against the Drowning Noise of Other Words , CCLXVI: "winter storm" Gazan sky tinged gray a river of mud and waste through patchwor...
Wednesday, January 7, 2026

Poetic Musings: Dash and Dot Haiku by George Swede

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paper-white winter sky the crow becomes a dash then a dot  Frozen Breaths , 1983 George Swede Commentary: L1, “paper-white winter sky,” imme...
Tuesday, January 6, 2026

One Man's Maple Moon: Voice Tanka by Michael McClintock

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English Original in your voice whippoorwill, there’s that love for a field of reeds where you were born Third Place, 2013 San Francisco Inte...
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Monday, January 5, 2026

Butterfly Dream: Snowstorm Haiku by Marion Alice Poirier

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English Original snowstorm ...  the kettle humming he's gone Marion Alice Poirier Chinese Translation (Traditional) 暴風雪 ... 水壺嗡嗡低吟 他走了  ...
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Sunday, January 4, 2026

Cool Announcement: 2025 Pulse Haiku

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My Dear Readers: NeverEnding Story contributor,  Michael Dylan Welch , Editor of  Pulse : Voices from the Heart of Medicine , posted a  YouT...
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Chen-ou Liu, 劉鎮歐
Born in Taipei,Taiwan, Chen-ou Liu was a college teacher, essayist, editor,and two-time winner of the national Best Book Review Radio Program Award.In 2002,he emigrated to Canada and settled in Ajax,a suburb of Toronto. Featured in New Resonance 7: Emerging Voices in English-Language Haiku, and listed as one of the top ten haiku poets for 2011(Simply Haiku, 9:3,4, Autumn/Winter 2011),Chen-ou Liu is the author of five books, including Following the Moon to the Maple Land (First Prize, 2011 Haiku Pix Chapbook Contest) and A Life in Transition and Translation (Honorable Mention, 2014 Turtle Light Press Biennial Haiku Chapbook Contest). His tanka and haiku have been honored with 166 awards,including First Prize Co-Winner, 7th and 8th International Tanka Festival Competition, 2012; Tanka First and Third Places, 2011 San Francisco International Competition; Grand Prix, 2010 Klostar Ivanic Haiku Contest and First Prize Co-Winner, 2010 Haiku International Association Haiku Contest.
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