Taste Of Home Tanka Poem by Chen-ou Liu

Thanksgiving moon
sparks on the rippling water
of Lake Ontario...
from his cupped, calloused hands
a migrant's taste of home

Honorable Mention,2024 San Francisco International Competition held by the Haiku Poets of Northern California


Judge's Commentary: This timely tanka brings out all our feelings of the questions of the heart of our times. Drinking the waters of home with gratitude and the work to reach this point of reunion are all held in the beautifully formed visually satisfying tanka for us to taste...