NeverEnding Story

English Original frayed sunlight  between the pilings -- summer’s end  Ambrosia , 1, Autumn 2008 Laryalee Fraser  Chinese Translation (Tradi...

this church group once again trauma dumping  on each other ... the closeness between their bodies the distance   between their hearts Added ...

Kyiv the sun bleeds into nightfall Cattails , April 2022 Mariangela Canzi   Commentary: The opening word, "Kyiv," functions like a...

English Original losing the argument I look out a window into space Frogpond , 41:2, Spring/Summer 2018 Michael McClintock Chinese Translati...

English Original his stand on chemotherapy the bluebird’s cry nestles on the palm of sunrise First Place, 2015 Mandy’s Pages Tanka Contest C...

English Original stuck for an answer I lower my eyes  -- her ten red toenails The Necessary Fly , 2006 Larry Kimmel Chinese Translation (Tra...

Character tanka, also known as persona tanka, are a genre where the poets take on the roles of other people. They are written in first-perso...

written in response to  The New Yorker, September 10 : The monarchy presents itself as a “mysterious and magical inheritor of an endless pas...

English Original in my closet clothes for all occasions yet the years it took to be comfortable in my own skin The Tang of Nasturtiums , 201...

English Original after the hurricane  a tsunami of mosquitoes Haiku Laureate, 2022 Hexapod Haiku Challenge Ali Znaidi Chinese Translation (T...

My Dear Friends: Launched on the first day of 2013, NeverEnding Story crossed the  1.45 million view mark  late last night. I am grateful to...

This Brave New World , LIV the adulterer who once talked dirty on the phone now Liege Lord ... a man shouting Not My King surrounded by poli...

English Original  locked windows and a dead bolt used to comfort her; tonight on the 9th floor she plays some Bill Evans  A Hundred Gourds ,...

English Original gnarled oak my path to the hills starts in mist Modern Haiku , 33:2, Summer 2002 Kirsty Karkow Chinese Translation (Traditi...

My Dear Friends and Readers: President Joe Biden quoted the late Queen Elizabeth II in a speech at the Pentagon on Sunday remembering the vi...