Chen-ou Liu Poems

on the screen
the love-making scene
fades to black...
I see summer stars
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A Tanka Set

old bartender
gone with the bar...
...

a dark spot
on the winter moon
back again
from the hospital
...

staring at myself
I punch it, punch it
hard and fast...
as if I could expel pain
...

this starless night...
I dwell in a time zone
of loneliness
without a before,
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alone, starless
on this midsummer night
I use Google Earth
to zero in on my school
...

on the edge
I spread out my arms
and fly
into a pool of stars
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mannequins
in the window display
this sultry night
the unexpected urge
...