Chen-ou Liu
Chen-ou Liu Poems
A Tanka Prose
for Ernest Hemingway who claimed that
The important thing for a writer is to tell a good story...
The best ones are liars.
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hazy moonlight
through the bare branches
'Goldberg Variations'
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writing haiku...
the cock crows
as if possessed
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red spider lilies
blooming along the fence -
foreclosed house
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written in response to Hillary Clinton's presidential nomination
shards of glass
on the convention floor
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Water Snake Lantern zigzags
through Ketagalan Boulevard...
end of Chinese New Year
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clad in lily-white
she sweeps into each room
and out again....
the woman in my vision
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'reading between the lives and writing between the lines, ' VII
written in response to State Senator Scott Baldwin's comment
'be impartial
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Chen-ou Liu Biography
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. There, he continues to struggle with a life in transition and translation. 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 Winner of the 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 135 awards, including Certificate of Merit by the Tankagendai Corp,7th International Tanka Festival Competition,2012, Tanka First and Third Places in the 2011 San Francisco International Competition, Grand Prix in the 2010 Klostar Ivanic Haiku Contest, and First Prize Winner in the 2010 Haiku International Association Haiku Contest. Read more of his poems at Poetry in the Moment, http: //chenouliu.blogspot.com/ Currently Editor and Translator of NeverEnding Story, First English-Chinese Bilingual Haiku and Tanka Blog, http: //neverendingstoryhaikutanka.blogspot.ca/)
The Best Poem Of Chen-ou Liu
Butterfly Dream Haiku
winter dawn
a butterfly wakes up
in my dream
one of selected haiku
Simply Haiku's 'TOP TEN LIST' of the World's Finest Living English language Haiku Poets for the Year 2011 (Simply Haiku,9: 3,4, Autumn/Winter 2011)
http: //simplyhaiku.theartofhaiku.com/autumnwinter-2011/simply-haiku.html
Chen-ou Liu Comments
Chenou Liu is a haiku master. He walks resolutely along the HAIKAI NO MICHI, getting deeper into it every day. His mastery cannot be reduced to predictable angles of contemplation...he is making new discoveries all the time. I am very glad to have stumbled upon this collection, like a cache of food left in wilderness cabin. It is worthy of much study, but for now, I can only nibble at the edges.
I am somebody who loves poem making very much who is dating a Taiwanese woman and I would be very happy to know you. I plan to go through your work very soon. Hope to hear from you, Wuji.
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9/17/2024 11:39:51 AM # 1.0.0.1119
For a taste of his strengths, I recommend CHILDHOOD LAKE HAIKU. (I have left some comments beneath it, explaining why I like it so much.)