NeverEnding Story

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Friday, June 26, 2026

Butterfly Dream: Moonglow Haiku by Debbie Strange

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English Original moonglow a thousand jellyfish in an ocean of sky A Year Unfolding , 2017  Debbie Strange Chinese Translation (Traditional) ...
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Thursday, June 25, 2026

Poetic Musings: Mother and Ocean Haiku by Kobayashi Issa

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mother I never knew, each time I see the ocean, each time -- The Essential Haiku , 1995 Kobayashi Issa  Commentary: L1 establishes both the ...
Wednesday, June 24, 2026

A Room of My Own: Oriole Song Haiku

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hiking alone I'm lost except for oriole song FYI: This is a sequel to my haiku below: the scent  of dappled sunlight redwood hike Autumn...
Tuesday, June 23, 2026

Hot News: New Milestone, 3. 75 M Pageviews and Call for Submissions

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My Dear Friends: NeverEnding Story reached a new milestone early this morning: 3.75  M pageveiws  (FYI: yesterday's pageviews: 20, 710; ...
Monday, June 22, 2026

Butterfly Dream: Court Summons Haiku by John Richard Stephens

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English Original court summons— I carefully fold it into a crane The Heron’s Nest , 28:2, June 2026 John Richard Stephens Chinese Translatio...
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Sunday, June 21, 2026

Special Feature: Selected Poems for Father's Day

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My Dear Readers and Friends: Today is Father’s Day. To celebrate, I’m sharing a curated selection of haiku and tanka. These poems capture th...
Saturday, June 20, 2026

One Man's Maple Moon: Van Gogh Tanka by André Surridge

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English Original they made Van Gogh want to dream these stars ... he’s there now amongst them his smile thick with paint Commended, 2009 Kok...
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Friday, June 19, 2026

To the Lighthouse: Literary Device: Objective Correlative

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An objective correlative is a literary device in which a writer uses a specific arrangement of objects, situations, or events to evoke an em...
Thursday, June 18, 2026

A Room of My Own: Orphanage Gate Tanka

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hand-me-down shirts with elbows worn thin in dim twilight each boy's gaze tracks the couple  past the orphanage gate Added: this fresh m...
Wednesday, June 17, 2026

Butterfly Dream: Silhouette Haiku by Marion Alice Poirier

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English Original silhouette through the closed shade a crow's caw Marion Alice Poirier Chinese Translation (Traditional) 側影 穿過遮光簾 烏鴉的叫聲 ...
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Tuesday, June 16, 2026

Butterfly Dream: Muggy Noon Haiku by Kanchan Chatterjee

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English Original muggy noon ... the ceiling fan starts to creak   Wales Haiku Journal ,  Autumn, 2021 Kanchan Chatterjee Chinese Translation...
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Monday, June 15, 2026

One Man's Maple Moon: Picture Scroll Tanka by Aya Yuhki

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English Original rewinding a picture scroll of memory – could I relive those happy days with my dog White Flowers in the Sky , 2005 Aya Yuhk...
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Sunday, June 14, 2026

Butterfly Dream: Last Letter Haiku by Kelly Sargent

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English Original her last letter  in cursive ... willow in the wind  hedgegrow , 142, 2023 Kelly Sargent Chinese Translation (Traditional) 她...
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Saturday, June 13, 2026

Poetic Musings: New Leaf Haiku by Eric A. Lohman

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turn of a new leaf over and over climate conference   Trash Panda , 5, 2023 Eric A. Lohman Commentary:  This climate haiku works effectively...
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Friday, June 12, 2026

A Room of My Own: Bigger Splash Tanka

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In memory of David Hockney (9 July 1937 – 11 June 2026) Inspired by "A Bigger Splash" (1967) a cloud of droplets from the blue swi...
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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 169 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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