NeverEnding Story

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Sunday, July 26, 2026

Biting NOT Barking: Charcoal Smog Haiku by Kala Ramesh

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English Original charcoal smog chuk-chuk rail gaadi                  darkens into its noise   Frogpond , 47:2, Spring/Summer 2024 Kala Rames...
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Saturday, July 25, 2026

Butterfly Dream: Bonfire Sparks Haiku by Simon Hanson

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English Original exchanging glances  bonfire sparks  rise into the night    Fourth Australian Haiku Anthology , 2023 Simon Hanson Chinese Tr...
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Friday, July 24, 2026

A Room of My Own: All the Feelings Tanka

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I was told to hide all the feelings once grown -- carrying this silver casket I shed tears for her, and me FYI: This could be read as a sequ...
Thursday, July 23, 2026

Reading More and Writing Better: On the Road Haiku

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summer zephyr— this beaten-up copy of On the Road The Heron's Nest , 28:2, 2026 Matthew Markworth FYI: Jack Kerouac’s 1957 novel, On th...
Wednesday, July 22, 2026

Butterfly Dream: Ursa Major and Spruce Forest Haiku by Millicent Bee

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English Original Ursa Major  an old spruce forest  also points  Autumn Moon Haiku Journal , 6:2, 2023 Millicent Bee Chinese Translation (Tra...
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Tuesday, July 21, 2026

Hot News: New Milestone, 4 M Pageviews and Call for Submissions

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My Dear Friends: NeverEnding Story reached a new milestone late yesterday afternoon: 4  M pageveiws  (FYI: On  January 30, 2026 , it reached...
Monday, July 20, 2026

One Man's Maple Moon: Two Lovers Tanka by M. Kei

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English Original an afternoon as ordinary as seagulls but two lovers pose forever  M. Kei Chinese Translation (Traditional) 一個午後 如同海鷗般 平凡 但兩...
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Sunday, July 19, 2026

To the Lighthouse: Emotional Zoom-Lens Effect

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In poetry, the zoom-lens effect occurs when a poem shifts the reader's focus, either zooming in from a broad scene to a close, detailed ...
Saturday, July 18, 2026

A Room of My Own: War and Peace Haiku

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leafing War and Peace front to back, back to front summer whiffle Added: hillside and valley flecked with cloud shadows ... smell of sunshin...
Friday, July 17, 2026

One Man's Maple Moon: Firelight Tanka by Keitha Keyes

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English Original in welcome he smears red ochre on my forehead — black and white faces glisten in the firelight red lights , 17:2 Keitha Key...
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Thursday, July 16, 2026

Butterfly Dream: Violet Haiku by Joshua St. Claire

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English Original Huckleberry Finn a violet pressed inside when I was someone else NeverEnding Story , April 23, 2026 Joshua St. Claire Chine...
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Wednesday, July 15, 2026

Poetic Musings: Neon Lights Tanka by Christine Judd

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neon lights fade in dawn's lilac glow on the footpath clubbers, drug-fucked in bedraggled revelry NeverEnding Story , May 3, 2026 Christ...
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Tuesday, July 14, 2026

Butterfly Dream: Fox Cub Haiku by Marion Clarke

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English Original frolicking fox cub the grass spangled with morning Honourable Mention, IHS International Haiku Competition 2019 Marion Clar...
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Monday, July 13, 2026

Butterfly Dream: Cobblestones Haiku by Emil Karla

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English Original after the rain trees and sky between cobblestones tsuri-dōrō , 16, July/August 2023  Emil Karla Chinese Translation (Tradit...
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Sunday, July 12, 2026

A Room of My Own: Before Jesus Tanka

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a bare heart and a humbled mind before Jesus -- patch by patch filtered sunlight slips beyond the chapel door FYI: This could be read as a p...
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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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