living alone
in the attic room
for years now
the skylight frames
my immigrant dream
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Chen-ou Liu
Chen-ou Liu lives in Ajax, Ontario, Canada. He 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 Competition), His tanka and haiku have been honored with many awards.
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Chen-ou,
I find your tanka highly effective and thoughtful. Thank you for sharing!
Chen-ou,
I find your tanka highly effective and thoughtful. Thank you for sharing!
This speaks volumes to me in these times. Thanks for sharing!
A very loaded tanka, Chen-ou. So much to reflect upon and beautifully done.
Magic, Chen-ou. A haunting tanka.
thank you, Chen-ou,
a tanka that doesn?t let this reader go?so much here.
Powerful!
Thanks Chen-ou,
I enjoyed your poem very much. It does linger like a ghost. I can hardly wait for 2020…
noon heat
the dirt road ahead of me
Deeply moving …
Beautiful and necessary!