NeverEnding Story

First English-Chinese Bilingual Haiku and Tanka Blog

Thursday, September 10, 2026

A Room of My Own: Moonlit Kiss Haiku

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our moonlit kiss ... that first time years ago and the last Added: sultry night a couple knee-deep in stars Added: jasmine breeze tonight sm...
Wednesday, September 9, 2026

Butterfly Dream: Blue Bones Haiku by Susan Constable

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English Original knife cold swimming into blue bones Modern Haiku , 44:1, 2013 Susan Constable Chinese Translation (Traditional) 刀刃冰冷般地游入藍骨 ...
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Tuesday, September 8, 2026

One Man's Maple Moon: Cold Light Tanka by Sonam Chhoki

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English Original throbbing headache blinds drawn against the dawn I picture in the rise and fall of notes birds flitting in the cold light A...
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Monday, September 7, 2026

Hot News: New Milestone, 6 M Pageviews & Adding 1 M Pageviews in 25 Days; Call for Submissions

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(FYI: Pageviews, September 7: 81, 385 ) My Dear Friends: NeverEnding Story reached a new milestone mid-afternoon yesterday: 6  M pageviews —...
Sunday, September 6, 2026

Butterfly Dream: Snowplow's Light Haiku by Jacek Margolak

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English Original night deepens the snowplow's light fading in the drift Jacek Margolak  Chinese Translation (Traditional) 夜色漸深 鏟雪車的燈光漸漸 ...
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Saturday, September 5, 2026

Butterfly Dream: Grandfather's Vine Haiku by Denis M. Garrison

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English Original bits of trellis deep within its coils — grandfather's vine Eight Shades of Blue , 2007 Denis M. Garrison Chinese Transl...
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Friday, September 4, 2026

A Room of My Own: Sweat-and-Tears Life Tanka

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another mid-sentence silence this muggy noon our thoughts of returning to sweat-and-tears yet sure life Added: cubicle glass the stare of my...
Thursday, September 3, 2026

Butterfly Dream: Held Breath Haiku by Sonam Chhoki

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English Original first rain releasing held breath of summer tinywords , 13:3, 2013 Sonam Chhoki  Chinese Translation (Traditional) 第一場雨釋放夏日屏...
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Wednesday, September 2, 2026

Poetic Musings: Prayer Plant Haiku by Barbara Sabol

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another shooting leaves of my prayer plant unfurl Modern Haiku , 53:1, Winter/Spring  2022 Barbara Sabol Commentary: By juxtaposing human tr...
Tuesday, September 1, 2026

Hot News: New Milestone, Highest Monthly Pageviews, "1,489, 445" and Call for Submissions

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My Dear Friends: NeverEnding Story reached a new milestone yesterday at midnight : the HIGEST monthly pageviews: 1,489, 445 (FYI: On August...
Monday, August 31, 2026

One Man's Maple Moon: Golden Ripples Tanka by Brian Zimmer

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English Original casting his line into the golden ripples of the setting sun he catches nothing today but a basket full of peace Gusts , 19,...
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Sunday, August 30, 2026

To the Lighthouse: The Art of the One-Liner, Mastering the "Enjambed Double-Take"

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In traditional multi-line poetry, enjambment occurs when a phrase runs over a line break without punctuation, pulling the reader forward bef...
Saturday, August 29, 2026

A Room of My Own: Stonehenge Tanka

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a full moon between the sarsen stones  of Stonehenge one silhouette ghosting across the gravel path Added: a thrum of rain on the old van sk...
Friday, August 28, 2026

Butterfly Dream: Blackbird's Song Haiku by Fatma Zohra Habis

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English Original  spring drizzle my friend returns  in blackbird’s song  EJCA Spring Haiku Anthology, 2026 Fatma Zohra Habis   Chinese Trans...
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Thursday, August 27, 2026

One Man's Maple Moon: Old Lullaby Tanka by Daniela Misso

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English Original a whole day listening to the wind among green leaves ... at night, an old lullaby emerges in me Cattails , October 2021 Dan...
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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 171 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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