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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...
Saturday, January 3, 2026

One Man's Maple Moon: Moment Tanka by Thelma Mariano

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English Original the stillness of snow broken by the whooshing of speeding cars a moment so complete yet empty without you Thelma Mariano   ...
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Friday, January 2, 2026

A Room of My Own: Muslim Mayor Tanka

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( Added:   Against the Drowning Noise of Other Words , CCLXVII: "lives born then ash-bound" Haunting thoughts of a Gazan baby swir...
Thursday, January 1, 2026

Butterfly Dream: New Year Haiku by Gareth Nurden

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English Original new year misty morning breath of an old car Gareth Nurden Chinese Translation (Traditional) 新年清晨 一輛老舊汽車排放出 薄霧般的廢氣 Chinese T...
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Wednesday, December 31, 2025

Special Feature: Selected Poems for End-of-Year Reflections

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My Dear Readers: Today marks the last day of 2025, a year lived dangerously—or precariously—for countless people around the world. written i...
Tuesday, December 30, 2025

Butterfly Dream: Light Snow Haiku by Bill Kenney

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English Original light snow our footprints in the wind A Hundred Gourds , 1:1, December 2011 Bill Kenney   Chinese Translation (Traditional)...
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Monday, December 29, 2025

One Man's Maple Moon: Battledress Tanka by André Surridge

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English Original from the beach at Anzac Cove a stone the colour of your battledress. Eucalypt , 6, 2009 André Surridge Chinese Translation ...
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Sunday, December 28, 2025

Butterfly Dream: Shrinking Snowman Haiku by Peggy Heinrich

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English Original shrinking snowman the red wool scarf loosens its grip                              Honorable Mention, 2008 Porad Award Pegg...
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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 165 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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