Sunday, April 5, 2026

Poetic Musings: Dew and Easter Sun Haiku by Chen-ou Liu

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each drop of dew Easter sun NeverEnding Story, March 31 2024 reprinted in Serbian Haiku Anthology edited by Dajan Bogojevic Chen-ou Liu Comm...
Saturday, April 4, 2026

Butterfly Dream: Pie of Ash Haiku by Nikolay Grankin

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English Original Milky Way a pile of ash still warm   The Mamba , 9, February 2021.   Nikolay Grankin  Chinese Translation (Traditional) 銀河系...
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Butterfly Dream: Wren Song Haiku by Claire Everett

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English Original just-fledged light chips of wren song from the log pile Presence , 45, 2012 Claire Everett Chinese Translation (Traditional...
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Friday, April 3, 2026

One Man's Maple Moon: Magnolia Tree Tanka by Djurdja Vukelić Rožić

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English Original under the snow our magnolia tree, budding shyly my granddaughter listens to footsteps of passers-by            Eucalypt , 8...
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Thursday, April 2, 2026

Butterfly Dream: Dragonfly Haiku by Susan Constable

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English Original blue on blue a dragonfly taps the skylight First Place, 2010 Porad Award Susan Constable Chinese Translation (Traditional) ...
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Wednesday, April 1, 2026

Butterfly Dream: Family Reunion Haiku by Randy Brooks

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English Original family reunion a silver-chest grandpa afloat under a diving board Randy Brooks Chinese Translation (Traditional) 家庭團聚 在跳板下一...
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Tuesday, March 31, 2026

Butterfly Dream: Thoreau’s Gravesite Haiku by Bruce Ross

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English Original Thoreau’s gravesite: the smell of woodsmoke on the cold spring air Among Floating Duckweed, 1994 Bruce Ross Chinese Transl...
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Monday, March 30, 2026

A Room of My Own: Whitewashed Road Sign Tanka

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The Drowning Noise of Other Words , CCLXXXVIII: "a whitewashed road sign" dust swirling past "<-- Tarqumia, Jerusalem --...
Sunday, March 29, 2026

To the Lighthouse: Literary Ghost, A "Specific and Powerful Type of Allusion"

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In literature, ghosts rarely just haunt—they speak. A "literary ghost" is one such spirit: a text, a phrase, or an idea from the p...
Saturday, March 28, 2026

Poetic Musings: "No, More Wars" Senryu

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For No Kings Protests the man's meaty smile behind his Resolute Desk no, more wars: I ran NeverEnding Story, March 4 2026 Chen-ou Liu Co...
Friday, March 27, 2026

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

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English Original defying this chill                                               tiny mauve flowers nod                                   a...
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Thursday, March 26, 2026

Butterfly Dream: Buttonhole and Winter Wind Haiku by Robert Epstein

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English Original one buttonhole begins to sing the winter wind Whiptail , 11, 2024 Robert Epstein Chinese Translation (Traditional) 一個紐扣孔開始吟...
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Wednesday, March 25, 2026

Butterfly Dream: Party Crush Haiku by Alan Summers

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English Original  party crush the flutter of wings past midnight tsuri-dōrō , 1, Jan/Feb 2021   Alan Summers   Chinese Translation (Traditio...
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Tuesday, March 24, 2026

Biting NOT Barking: Refugee Train Haiku by Debbie Strange

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English Original refugee train small hands starfished against the glass   First Place, 2024 Triveni Awards Debbie Strange Chinese Translatio...
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Monday, March 23, 2026

Butterfly Dream: Wash of Pink Haiku by Rachel Sutcliffe

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English Original sunrise a wash of pink on the rose Presence , 63,  2019 Rachel Sutcliffe Chinese Translation (Traditional) 日出 玫瑰花的一抹 粉紅色 Ch...
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