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Saturday, June 21, 2025

To the Lighthouse: Jisei, Japanese Death Poems

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Thematically and religiously speaking, the death poem (jisei in Japanese) is a genre of poetry that has historically developed in the litera...
Friday, June 20, 2025

One Man's Maple Moon: Summer Breeze Tanka by Joanne Morcom

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English Original hand in hand we stroll by the river a summer breeze does the talking for both of us Gusts , 33, Spring/Summer 2021 Joanne M...
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Thursday, June 19, 2025

Butterfly Dream: Spring Cleaning Haiku by Bob Lucky

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English Original spring cleaning the mouse trap unsprung                                  Rattled , 2020 Bob Lucky            Chinese Transl...
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Wednesday, June 18, 2025

One Man's Maple Moon: Claw-Tipped Wind Tanka by Sonam Chhoki

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English Original there’s a hole  in my heart and all night the claw-tipped wind  is ripping the prayer flags Eucalypt , 34, 2023 Sonam Chhok...
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Tuesday, June 17, 2025

Poetic Musings: Writing Haiku by Alan Pizzarelli

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tonite nothing to write but this The Haiku Anthology , 1999 Alan Pizzarelli Commentary: Technically speaking, this haiku about writing is a ...
Monday, June 16, 2025

A Room of My Own: The Last Year of My Father's Life

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A haiku sequence for my father who was born in mainland China, lived most of his adult life in Taiwan, died and was buried there in 2022 a s...
Sunday, June 15, 2025

Special Feature: Selected Poems for Reflections on Pope Leo's First US Bishop's Call for Solidarity with Migrants

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My Dear Readers: On the Brink of Trumperica , V written in response to the Convicted Felon Donald Trump's proclamation: " On Day On...
Saturday, June 14, 2025

Butterfly Dream: Jet Lag Haiku by Hazel Hall

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English Original jet lag a street cat stretches into the night      Failed Haiku , 6:61, 2021 Hazel Hall Chinese Translation (Traditional) 時...
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Friday, June 13, 2025

Butterfly Dream: Divorcee Haiku by George Swede

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English Original ice-edged pond the divorcee’s ring of white skin Almost Unseen , 2000 George Swede Chinese Translation (Traditional) 冰封池塘 離...
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Thursday, June 12, 2025

Reading More and Writing Better: Oz Tanka

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Corner of Oz enclosed with lush greenery near the waterfront ... time-wave after time-wave takes me there through dreams FYI: L1 alludes to ...
Wednesday, June 11, 2025

Butterfly Dream: Zero Fighter Haiku by Fay Aoyagi

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English Original intact zero fighter at the Smithsonian -- cherry blossom rain Chrysanthemum Love, 2003 Fay Aoyagi Chinese Translation (Trad...
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Tuesday, June 10, 2025

Butterfly Dream: Sandwich Haiku by Michael McClintock

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English Original half a sandwich to eat slowly again tonight Jesus Leaving Vegas , 1976 Michael McClintock Chinese Translation (Traditional)...
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Monday, June 9, 2025

A Room of My Own: Red, Rolling Flames Haiku

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No More Fairy Tales , XLIV the Prairies mountain after mountain of red , rolling flames FYI: This could be read as a prequel to the followin...
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Sunday, June 8, 2025

One Man's Maple Moon: Spanish Afternoon Tanka by Larry Kimmel

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English Original her breast fits  like a fruit in the curve  of the small guitar -- and I would be her Picasso  some Spanish afternoon  Fire...
Saturday, June 7, 2025

Poetic Musings: Touch and Blush Haiku by Elmedin Kadric

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at the touch of birdsong the first blush of spring light packing , 2020 Elmedin Kadric  Commentary: Written in the style of gendai haiku wit...
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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 160 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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