tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-786207835641480928.post4310463230939109169..comments2024-03-28T12:59:41.910-04:00Comments on NeverEnding Story: A Room of My Own: Make America Hug Again TankaChen-ou Liu, 劉鎮歐http://www.blogger.com/profile/06235248170011255532noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-786207835641480928.post-65113344133884992052021-02-02T16:58:50.810-05:002021-02-02T16:58:50.810-05:00There are three other Covid19 poems about nursing ...There are three other Covid19 poems about nursing home care in crisis:<br /><br />Eighty-Second Entry, Coronavirus Poetry Diary <br /><br />the rainstorm sky<br />in her grandmother's eyes<br />nursing home window<br /><br />Forty-Fourth Entry, Coronavirus Poetry Diary<br /><br />a tired nurse<br />opens the bedside window<br />my friend's voice<br />flows in with the night breeze<br />as his mother's eyes close <br /><br />Fifty-Eighth Entry, Coronavirus Poetry Diary<br />To Justin Trudeau who addressed the House of Commons on saving the elderly from coronavirus on April 11, saying, They fought for us all those years ago. And today we fight for them. We will show ourselves to be worthy of this magnificent country they built.<br /><br />at the briefing<br />the photogenic PM's mouth<br />opens and closes ...<br />a nursing home silhouetted<br />against the sunset sky<br /><br />Chen-ou Liu, 劉鎮歐https://www.blogger.com/profile/06235248170011255532noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-786207835641480928.post-63471522168319791272021-02-01T12:33:42.056-05:002021-02-01T12:33:42.056-05:00The following two tanka could be read as pre/seque...The following two tanka could be read as pre/sequels to the one hundred seventy-third entry:<br /><br />One Hundred Fifty-Fifth Entry<br /><br />the first shot<br />in grandpa's arm ...<br />all day long<br />rubbing prayer beads<br />grandma recites the Heart Sutra<br /><br />One Hundred Sixty-Third Entry<br /><br />grandma<br />feels a jab of pain <br />in her arm ...<br />grandpa whispers to her<br />everything will be fine<br />Chen-ou Liu, 劉鎮歐https://www.blogger.com/profile/06235248170011255532noreply@blogger.com