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Chenou Liu Poems
- Racism Haiku for Abraham Joshua Heschel who proclaims that ...
- Chinese Lantern Festival Water Snake Lantern zigzags through...
- Butterfly Dream Haiku winter dawn a butterfly wakes up in ...
- Frog Haiku moonlit pond... a frog penetrates itself
- 'Taste Of Moonlight' Haiku I stretch out in bed alone the ...
- Black Butterfly Haiku a black butterfly tarnishes the pink ...
- Red Spider Lilies Haiku red spider lilies blooming along the...
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 ... more »
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Racism Haiku
for Abraham Joshua Heschel who proclaims that Racism is man's gravest threat to man.
'those slanted eyes'
in the room silence
like thunder
racism talk
what does white
smell like?
Note: The phrase, 'slanted eyes, ' is a racist slur that refers to a person of Asian descent, especially of Chinese descent.
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