NeverEnding Story

First English-Chinese Bilingual Haiku and Tanka Blog

Thursday, February 12, 2026

Butterfly Dream: Old Guitar Haiku by Natalia Kuznetsova

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English Original fifty years on ... dad's old guitar and me get in tune at last "Haiku Dialogue," The Haiku Foundation, Octobe...
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Wednesday, February 11, 2026

Butterfly Dream: Absence Haiku by Daniela Misso

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English Original waking  to the silence of snow … his absence Outstanding Haiku, 2nd Oku-no-hosomichi Sōka Matsubara International Haiku Com...
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Tuesday, February 10, 2026

One Man's Maple Moon: Breasts and Toes Tanka by Kirsty Karkow

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English Original the sound of splashing in the tub! the longing to rush in and soap your floating breasts and toes                          ...
Monday, February 9, 2026

Biting NOT Barking: War Crime Haiku by Garry Eaton

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English Original war crime he puts a gun to his head and kills them all Kamesan's World Haiku Anthology on War, Violence and Human Right...
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Sunday, February 8, 2026

A Room of My Own: Gazan Child's Stare Haiku

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Against the Drowning Noise of Other Words , CCLXXXI: "smoky gray and child's stare" part of winter sky where pale white turns ...
Saturday, February 7, 2026

Poetic Musings: Battle Haiku by Masaoka Shiki

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the pear blossoming  after the battle this ruined house The Haiku Handbook , 1985 Masaoka Shiki Commentary: This wartime haiku effectively e...
Friday, February 6, 2026

Special Feature: Selected Poems on the Normalization of Genocide of Palestinians

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There is no ceasefire in Gaza; the world has normalized the genocide of Palestinians. -- Francesca Albanese , UN Special Rapporteur on Pales...
Thursday, February 5, 2026

Butterfly Dream: Flag Haiku by André Surridge

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English Original evening breeze a flag releases its stars Janice Bostok International Haiku Award 2012 André Surridge  Chinese Translation (...
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Wednesday, February 4, 2026

One Man's Maple Moon: White Hare Tanka by Fumi Saito

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English Original a white hare from a snow-covered mountain when it came out it was killed with eyes still open White Letter Poems , 1998 Fum...
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Tuesday, February 3, 2026

To the Lighthouse: Smols , A Haiku Inspired Form

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The word smol is an internet slang term derived from small, used affectionately to describe something or someone that is tiny, fragile, and ...
Monday, February 2, 2026

A Room of My Own: Winter Stars Haiku

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half awake, alone ... winter stars upon stars  upon stars FYI: This haiku could be read as a prequel to the following: more darkness more st...
Sunday, February 1, 2026

Butterfly Dream: Last Goodbye Haiku by Laryalee Fraser

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English Original the distance  light reflects ... his last goodbye A Hundred Gourds , 3:1, December 2013 Laryalee Fraser  Chinese Translatio...
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Saturday, January 31, 2026

Butterfly Dream: Spring Equinox Haiku by Dru Philippou

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English Original spring equinox a crack splits the frozen river tinywords , 25:1, March 24, 2025 Dru Philippou Chinese Translation (Traditio...
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Friday, January 30, 2026

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

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My Dear Friends: NeverEnding Story reached a new milestone early this morning: 3  M pageveiws  (FYI: On " August 20," 2025 , it re...
Thursday, January 29, 2026

Butterfly Dream: Refugee Camp Haiku by Neha Singh Soni

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English Original tents go dark in the refugee camp winter moon Autumn Moon Haiku Journal, 9:1, 2025/26 Neha Singh Soni  Chinese Translation...
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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 168 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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