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Thursday, November 6, 2025

Poetic Musings: Collapsed School Wall Haiku by Chen-ou Liu

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collapsed school wall a butterfly in shades of charcoal First Place, 2025 Porad Haiku Award Chen-ou Liu Commentary by the judge, Jacquie Pea...
Wednesday, November 5, 2025

Butterfly Dream: Corrugated Shadow Haiku by André Surridge

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English Original heat shimmer the corrugated shadow of a roofer Honorable Mention, 2012 Haiku Pen Contest  André Surridge  Chinese Translati...
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Tuesday, November 4, 2025

Butterfly Dream: River and Sea Haiku by Elmedin Kadric

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English Original from monologue to dialogue the river enters the sea light packing , 2020 Elmedin Kadric  Chinese Translation (Traditional) ...
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Monday, November 3, 2025

Hot News: New Milestone, 2.8 M Pageviews and Call for Submissions

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My Dear Friends: NeverEnding Story reached a new milestone this morning:  2.8 M pageveiws  (FYI: On " August 20," 2025 , it reache...
Sunday, November 2, 2025

A Room of My Own: One Extra Hour Tanka

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daylight saving ends: on this lazy new day one extra hour with a fly asleep between the window and screen Added: fall time change crows’ caw...
Saturday, November 1, 2025

Butterfly Dream: Dark Moon Haiku by Adjei Agyei-Baah

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English Original dark moon the shriek of an owl unsettles a dream afriku: haiku and Senryui from Ghana , 2016 Adjei Agyei-Baah Chinese Trans...
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Friday, October 31, 2025

Special Feature: Halloween Haiku for Your Reading "Pleasure"

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My Dear Readers: All the spirits, good and evil, fairy and pixie, witch and wizard, on this night will sure be stirring.   -- Arthur Peterso...
Thursday, October 30, 2025

One Man's Maple Moon: Whispery Hush Tanka by Larry Kimmel

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English Original listening to the whispery hush of the woods and thinking of you, I embrace a birch Alone Tonight , 1998 Larry Kimmel Chines...
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Wednesday, October 29, 2025

Butterfly Dream: Nursing Home Haiku by Kelly Sargent

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English Original nursing home rosy-cheeked in the frame Presence , 73, 2022 Kelly Sargent Chinese Translation (Traditional) 養老院 一個相框裡 的紅潤臉頰 ...
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Tuesday, October 28, 2025

Hot News: A Milestone, 5 000 X Followers and Call for Submissions

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My Dear Friends: NeverEnding Story reached a milestone this morning:  NeverEnding Story Editor and Poet, Chen-ou Liu : @ericcoliu 5 followin...
Monday, October 27, 2025

A Room of My Own: Street-Preach Chants Haiku

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street-preach chants ... clouds of breath weaving through the Friday night crowd FYI: The following could be read as its prequel: a street p...
Sunday, October 26, 2025

Poetic Musings: Small Girl and Shadows Haiku by Michael McClintock

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a small girl ... the shadows stroke and stroke her Maya , 1975 Michael McClintock Commentary: This is one of the most disturbing haiku, by g...
Saturday, October 25, 2025

One Man's Maple Moon: Obituary Tanka by Margaret Chula

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English Original one more time I help Mother write her obituary wisps of fog shroud the maples Winter Deepens , 2018 Margaret Chula  Chinese...
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Friday, October 24, 2025

Biting NOT Barking: Dragon-Shaped Cloud Haiku by Barbara Sabol

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English Original charred earth a dragon-shaped cloud breathes smoke Under the Bashō , May 17, 2022 Barbara Sabol Chinese Translation (Tradi...
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Thursday, October 23, 2025

Butterfly Dream: Turtle Haiku by Robert D. Wilson

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English Original this turtle ... heat weaving in and out of rocks The Living Haiku Anthology , February 14 2016 Robert D. Wilson Chinese Tra...
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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 163 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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