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Friday, July 11, 2025

A Room of My Own: Toy Forest Tanka

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Against the Drowning Noise of Other Words , CC: "US-made bombs" a toy forest in his biscuit tin ... the boy holds it tight as US-m...
Thursday, July 10, 2025

Biting NOT Barking: Rocket Launch Haiku by Deborah P Kolodji

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English Original rocket launch where the vast blue turns dark Tug of a Black Hole , 2021 Deborah P Kolodji  Chinese Translation (Traditional...
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Wednesday, July 9, 2025

Reading More and Writing Better: Cocked Rifle Tanka

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life is so good why am I dying for this? on the hilltop of the West Bank settlement  he mutters with a cocked rifle  Note: Ls 1&2 allude...
Tuesday, July 8, 2025

Butterfly Dream: Copper Sun Haiku by Gareth Nurden

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English Original copper sun ...  a different shade of daisy Gareth Nurden Chinese Translation (Traditional) 古銅色的太陽 … 不同色調 的雛菊 Chinese Transl...
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Monday, July 7, 2025

One Man's Maple Moon: Dragonfly's Wings Tanka by Pamela A. Babusci

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English Original skimming the pond's surface a dragonflys' wings -- you never touch me anymore Simply Haiku , 1:2, August 2003 Pamel...
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Sunday, July 6, 2025

Butterfly Dream: Twilight Campfire Haiku by Keitha Keyes

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English Original twilight campfire spirits of the past envelop us Echidna Tracks , 11 Keitha Keyes  Chinese Translation (Traditional) 暮色營火 過...
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Saturday, July 5, 2025

Butterfly Dream: Parade Route Haiku by Joshua St. Claire

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English Original parade route the five fingers of a shut-in Joshua St. Claire Chinese Translation (Traditional) 遊行路線 一個閉門不出的人 的五根手指在揮舞 Chine...
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Friday, July 4, 2025

A Room of My Own: July 4th Reflection Tanka

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( Added :  No More Fairy Tales , VII written in response to  ABC News, July 9 2025 : Texas flooding live updates: 95 dead in Kerr County, at...
Thursday, July 3, 2025

Poetic Musings: Bloodied Man Haiku by Chen-ou Liu

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Against the Drowning Noise of Other Words,  CL: "first casualty of war"               the            bloodied              man nai...
Wednesday, July 2, 2025

One Man's Maple Moon: Ring Marks Tanka by M. Kei

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English Original ring marks  in the swollen knuckle ...  a little more middle age this morning Lyrical Passion Poetry E-Zine , 2012-13 M. Ke...
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Tuesday, July 1, 2025

Butterfly Dream: Graveyard Watch Haiku by Srinivasa Rao Sambangi

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English Original graveyard watch the rhythm of winter in the old man's teeth Presence , 67,  2020 Srinivasa Rao Sambangi Chinese Transla...
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Monday, June 30, 2025

Butterfly Dream: Partial Eclipse Haiku by Giddy Nielsen-Sweep

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English Original partial eclipse  a waning gibbous moon  and the divorce  Giddy Nielsen-Sweep Chinese Translation (Traditional) Translation ...
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Sunday, June 29, 2025

Hot News: New Milestone, 2.4 M Pageviews and Call for Submissions

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My Dear Friends: NeverEnding Story reached a new milestone late last night:  2.4 M pageveiws  (FYI: It reached 2. 3 M pageviews on April 20,...
Saturday, June 28, 2025

A Room of My Own: Sultry Smell Tanka

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the sultry smell of grilled salmon and shrimp our shoulders close, closer to each other and our wandering hearts, too Added: dappled trail  ...
Friday, June 27, 2025

Poetic Musings: Shift Change Haiku by Ignatius Fay

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shift change fried chicken and exhaust on the warm breeze DailyHaiga , 10 January 2017 Ignatius Fay Commentary: This is a fine example of sh...
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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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