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Author: 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.
a river behind the graveyard forget-me-nots  
Posted on 5 December 201318 November 2013Author Chen-ou LiuCategories Issue 13.310 Comments on
budding blossoms… a love poem for no one in particular
Posted on 8 April 20143 April 2014Author Chen-ou LiuCategories Issue 14.17 Comments on
black coffee on New Year’s morning spangles of sunlight  
Posted on 19 February 201523 June 2015Author Chen-ou LiuCategories Issue 15.18 Comments on
  living alone in the blizzard of forgetfulness … snowflakes obscure the world outside the nursing home  
Posted on 19 May 201613 May 2016Author Chen-ou LiuCategories Issue 16.111 Comments on
  “I’m married …” ice cubes shifting in her wine glass  
Posted on 15 December 20168 December 2016Author Chen-ou LiuCategories Issue 16.28 Comments on
April snowflakes rearrange hometown memories in the lineup I wait for a brand new permanent resident card
Posted on 18 January 20174 January 2017Author Chen-ou LiuCategories Issue 16.24 Comments on
first light a strand of her hair between my lips  
Posted on 1 May 201724 April 2017Author Chen-ou LiuCategories Issue 17.18 Comments on
the setting sun floods potato fields with crimson a migrant looks up at geese flying south  
Posted on 9 May 20177 May 2017Author Chen-ou LiuCategories Issue 17.17 Comments on
the edge of the unspoken … half a rainbow  
Posted on 29 November 201728 November 2017Author Chen-ou LiuCategories Issue 17.26 Comments on
winter sea before refugees beyond refugees  
Posted on 29 June 20185 June 2018Author Chen-ou LiuCategories Issue 18.14 Comments on
a minaret sharpened by moonlight distant gunshots  
Posted on 13 November 20189 November 2018Author Chen-ou LiuCategories Issue 18.24 Comments on
living alone in the attic room for years now the skylight frames my immigrant dream  
Posted on 1 May 201929 April 2019Author Chen-ou LiuCategories Issue 19.19 Comments on
cicadas drone one campaign promise after another  
Posted on 6 November 201930 October 2019Author Chen-ou LiuCategories Issue 19.22 Comments on
lemonade stand the play of light and shadow on her masked face  
Posted on 1 October 202023 September 2020Author Chen-ou LiuCategories Issue 20.28 Comments on
breezy sunshine on baseball’s opening day cutout fans
Posted on 12 October 202028 September 2020Author Chen-ou LiuCategories Issue 20.23 Comments on
moonlight trapped in icicles … one virus variant after another in this new normal
Posted on 16 April 20211 April 2021Author Chen-ou LiuCategories Issue 21.15 Comments on
the icy bridge over our childhood river — at opposite ends we look past each other in this journey to our dreams  
Posted on 31 May 202327 April 2023Author Chen-ou LiuCategories Issue 23.13 Comments on
waking yet not waking … this silent heart-to-heart with my late father  
Posted on 15 November 202311 November 2023Author Chen-ou LiuCategories Issue 23.2Leave a comment on
wing-worn geese … this urge to leave home to find home    
Posted on 14 May 202512 May 2025Author Chen-ou LiuCategories Issue 25.15 Comments on
bus stop twilight … I inhale every puff of a stranger’s cigarette, the favorite brand of my deceased father
Posted on 13 June 202531 May 2025Author Chen-ou LiuCategories Issue 25.14 Comments on
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