Chen-ou Liu Poems

her toothbrush
in my medicine chest
declares residency…
gazing at the mirror
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thirteen crows
on a telephone wire
garden wedding
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A Haibun


like a newlywed standing by her wooden mailbox,
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thick moss
coats the roof of my house
foggy memories
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American dream
in each shop window
a different moon
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A Haibun


The fireman from Nuevo Laredo looks at the body, muttering, “This is the 6ooth body I’ve pulled out of the Rio Grande.” There is noisy silence between the two of us as I turn and see a long line of trucks crossing into Texas. We continue to make our way downriver and, upon turning a bend, I see a boy and his dog caught in branches at the river’s edge.
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