tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-786207835641480928.post7358574092492352956..comments2024-03-27T11:10:57.384-04:00Comments on NeverEnding Story: A Room of My Own: Heat Map Tanka Chen-ou Liu, 劉鎮歐http://www.blogger.com/profile/06235248170011255532noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-786207835641480928.post-86362745085974543022020-11-15T19:05:06.252-05:002020-11-15T19:05:06.252-05:00My tanka could be read as a sequel to the concludi...My tanka could be read as a sequel to the concluding tanka of "In the Wake of Defeat:"<br /><br />a phalanx<br />of Proud Boys shouting<br />"we won, we won..."<br />until they convince themselves <br />in the gathering dark<br /><br />NeverEnding Story, October 1 2020<br /><br />Chen-ou Liu, 劉鎮歐https://www.blogger.com/profile/06235248170011255532noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-786207835641480928.post-12809077755359052332020-11-15T16:16:36.526-05:002020-11-15T16:16:36.526-05:00The ending of my tanka reminds me of the following...The ending of my tanka reminds me of the following covid-19 poems:<br /><br />these nameless<br />covid-19 stats ...<br />shivering drizzle <br /><br />Boston Haiku Society Newsletter, March 2020<br /><br />Richard St. Clair<br /><br /><br />Fifty-Second Entry, Coronavirus Poetry Diary<br /><br />death toll rising...<br />in illness and in fear<br />alone<br />with my drunken shadow<br />apart together<br /><br />First Tanka of Repetition, accessed at http://neverendingstoryhaikutanka.blogspot.com/2020/05/a-room-of-my-own-divided-states-of.html<br /><br /><br />Chen-ou Liu, 劉鎮歐https://www.blogger.com/profile/06235248170011255532noreply@blogger.com