Chen-ou Liu Poems

a senate claims
women can block rape sperm
with willpower!
throughout the night, I hear
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A Gendai Haiku Sequence


'Houston,
...

she whispers,
'I'm good at intimacy
with strangers...'
I see the light go out
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buried earth
a silver carpet -
maples and I
gaze at the barrenness
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A Haibun


leaves falling
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distressed
in the wake of a dream
I hear
time passing
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not seeing
we pass by each other
then disappear —
snow traces the weight
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a haiku sequence for Sam Roberts who once said, 'I went out on the street today, the Canadian Dream was as far away as it's ever been...'


'I used to be...'
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a mouth
opening, closing
salivating -
my recollection
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for years now
I have known you -
chance glimpses
through gaps in the fence
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