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Friday, October 17, 2025

To the Lighthouse: Gembun, Untitled Minimalist Haibun

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A sibling to cherita , gembun was created and conceived by NeverEnding Story contributor, ai li , on Friday 12 June 1997.  It is made up of ...
Thursday, October 16, 2025

Butterfly Dream: Swirling Leaves Haiku by Milan Rajkumar

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English Original swirling leaves -- the rattle of an old typewriter Under the Bashõ , 2020 Milan Rajkumar Chinese Translation (Traditional)...
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Wednesday, October 15, 2025

A Room of My Own: Golden Dove Statue Tanka

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Against the Drowning Noise of Other Words , CCXXXVI: "a golden dove statue" inspired by George Orwell's ghost the man who bomb...
Tuesday, October 14, 2025

Butterfly Dream: Writing Name Haiku by H. Gene Murtha

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English Original forty-six years writing my name yellow in snow TempsLibre ,  July, 2002 H. Gene Murtha Chinese Translation (Traditional) 四十...
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Monday, October 13, 2025

Poetic Musings: Taste of Home Tanka by Chen-ou Liu

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Thanksgiving moon sparks on the rippling water of Lake Ontario ... from his cupped, calloused hands a migrant's taste of home Honorable ...
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Sunday, October 12, 2025

Butterfly Dream: Toothless Grin Haiku by Elliot Nicely

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English Original dentist office window: the jack-o'-lantern's toothless grin Frogpond ,  36:1, Winter 2013 Elliot Nicely Chinese Tra...
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Saturday, October 11, 2025

Butterfly Dream: Moving Van Haiku by Cor van den Heuvel

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English Original falling leaves a moving van next door At the Top of the Ferris Wheel , 2017 Cor van den Heuvel  Chinese Translation (Tradit...
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Friday, October 10, 2025

Butterfly Dream: Steam Train Haiku by Srinivasa Rao Sambangi

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English Original steam train bit by bit the wind paints my face Cattails , April 2020 Srinivasa Rao Sambangi Chinese Translation (Traditiona...
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Thursday, October 9, 2025

A Room of My Own: Halo Haiku

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this halo around the harvest moon ... lottery day  FYI: This could be read as a prequel to my senryu below: soup kitchen a gray-haired man s...
Wednesday, October 8, 2025

One Man's Maple Moon: Robin and Mussorgsky Tanka by M. Kei

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English Original a robin's shiny black head in the rain Mussorgsky on the stereo Eucalypt , 4, 2008 M. Kei Chinese Translation (Traditio...
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Tuesday, October 7, 2025

Reading More and Writing Better: Burning Journals Tanka

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Against the Drowning Noise of Other Words , CCXXXIII: "burning journals for warmth" written for reflections on Israel committing G...
Monday, October 6, 2025

Butterfly Dream: Green-Leafed Wind Haiku by Fay Aoyagi

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English Original a green-leafed wind grandmother asks why I learn English Modern Haiku , 553:3, Autumn 2024 Fay Aoyagi Chinese Translation (...
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Sunday, October 5, 2025

Butterfly Dream: Grave Site Haiku by Ignatius Fay

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English Original new rust on old hinges grave site DailyHaiga , September 30 2016 Ignatius Fay Chinese Translation (Traditional) 舊鉸鏈 的新鏽 墓園 ...
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Saturday, October 4, 2025

Biting NOT Barking: Battle Haiku by Masaoka Shiki

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English Original the pear blossoming  after the battle this  ruined house The Haiku Handbook , 1985 Masaoka Shiki Chinese Translation (Tradi...
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Friday, October 3, 2025

A Room of My Own: "Ooh, ooh ..." and Laughter Tanka

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in memory of Jane Goodall who had strong ties to Taiwan, the country of my birth in breezy sunshine the spark between a chimp and Jane Gooda...
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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 161 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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