NeverEnding Story

First English-Chinese Bilingual Haiku and Tanka Blog

Monday, September 15, 2025

A Room of My Own: Peace Crackled Tanka

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burst after burst of muzzle flashes lighting up our night ... between neighbors and in hearts the peace is crackled FYI: My tanka below coul...
Sunday, September 14, 2025

Hot News: New Milestone, 2.6 M Pageviews and Call for Submissions

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My Dear Friends: NeverEnding Story reached a new milestone last night:  2.6 M pageveiws  (FYI: On " August 20," 2025 , it reached ...
Saturday, September 13, 2025

Biting NOT Barking: Dry Creekbed Haiku by Simon Hanson

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English Original bleached bones a dry creekbed filled with shadow Desert Stones , 2018    Simon Hanson  Chinese Translation (Traditional) 褪色...
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Friday, September 12, 2025

One Man's Maple Moon: Aftersound Tanka by Linda Jeannette Ward

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English Original it hasn’t stopped where your hands slid all over me a deep humming like the aftersound of bells                            ...
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Thursday, September 11, 2025

Butterfly Dream: Rainbow Lorikeets Haiku by Keitha Keyes

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English Original a flash of rainbow lorikeets -- sunset fire Echidna Tracks ,  8, 2022 Keitha Keyes  Chinese Translation (Traditional) 一閃而逝 ...
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Wednesday, September 10, 2025

Special Feature: Selected Poems for Reflections on Israel's State Terrorism

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The Times of Israel, September 9 :  ‘ State terrorism ’: Qatar PM leads Arab world fury at Israel for striking Hamas leaders in Doha Illegal...
Tuesday, September 9, 2025

A Room of My Own: Rippling Sky Haiku

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alone, I dive into the rippling sky end of summer FYI: My haiku below could be read as its sequel: summer's end my footprints in the san...
Monday, September 8, 2025

Butterfly Dream: Gust of Sparrows Haiku by Peggy Heinrich

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English Original September wind from the row of evergreens a gust of sparrows Frogpond , 14:2, 1991 Peggy Heinrich Chinese Translation (Trad...
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Sunday, September 7, 2025

Poetic Musings: Exile Haiku by Chen-ou Liu

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tenth year in exile ... wave after wave rinsing my shadow Fourth Prize, New Zealand Poetry Society International Poetry Competition 2025 Che...
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Saturday, September 6, 2025

Biting NOT Barking: Old Bed Tanka by Kirsty Karkow

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English Original nothing can match this feeling bone-deep the child who went to war sleeps in his old bed Eucalypt , 8, 2010 Kirsty Karkow C...
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Friday, September 5, 2025

Butterfly Dream: Childhood Memories Haiku by Natalia Kuznetsova

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English Original childhood memories  the fast-flowing stream never to step in again Asahi Haikuist Network , May 2, 2025 Natalia Kuznetsova ...
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Thursday, September 4, 2025

Butterfly Dream: Aging Haiku by Robert Epstein

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English Original aging in place I run circles around the crescent moon Robert Epstein Chinese Translation (Traditional) 居家養老 繞著蛾眉月我跑 一圈又一圈 C...
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Wednesday, September 3, 2025

A Room of My Own: Night of Silent Dreams Tanka

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the fire crackling as smoke snakes up ... one family three campfires and two dogs on a night of silent dreams Added:  back and forth between...
Tuesday, September 2, 2025

Special Feature: Selected Poems for Reflections on the International Association of Genocide Scholars' Resolution: Israel Is Committing Genocide in Gaza

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(FYI: Haaretz, September 1 2025 :  War Against Journalism Over 250 global media outlets from over 70 countries staged an unprecedented coord...
Monday, September 1, 2025

Reading More and Writing Better: Tower Cranes Tanka by Chen-ou Liu

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written on Labor Day a gray-haired worker takes another sip of coffee from his thermos ... tower crane after tower crane against the twiligh...
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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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