Poetry in the Moment

dust motes in moonlight this illusion of not being alone Modern Haiku, 55:3, 2024

http://chenouliu.blogspot.com/2024/11/dust-motes-haiku.html

these shooting stars ... just for a moment I think of my younger self blowing out twelve candles in one breath HINDI TRANSLATION: ये टूटते तारे... बस एक क...

http://chenouliu.blogspot.com/2024/11/one-breath-tanka.html

finally free ... I float in the silence of a river HINDI TRANSLATION पूर्णतः स्वतंत्र … मैं नदी की चुप्पी में  बहत...

http://chenouliu.blogspot.com/2024/11/silence-of-river-haiku.html

No More Fairy Tales, XXXVII leafless trees rub against the smoggy sunrise smell of the wind NeverEnding Story, November 4 2024 FYI: BBC News, Nov.3 : Schools close in Lahore as pollut...

http://chenouliu.blogspot.com/2024/11/smoggy-sunrise-haiku.html

Game Show, 2024, LXXI this man-child fullmouths frack and drill, baby, frack and drill with a meaty smile ... I turn off the TV, gazing at cracked corners of my world NeverEnding Story, ...

http://chenouliu.blogspot.com/2024/11/man-child-tanka.html

spiderwebs in the slanted moonlight foreclosure sign Kokako, 41, 2024 

http://chenouliu.blogspot.com/2024/11/spiderwebs-haiku.html

first day on parole ... he close his eyes to feel the winter sunshine Kokako, 41, 2024 

http://chenouliu.blogspot.com/2024/11/parole-haiku.html

his scythe dripping blood the Grim Reaper has stepped right out of my dreams NeverEnding Story, October 31 2024 ADDED: the buzz and flicker of War Cemetery's "War" Eve of All Hallows ...

http://chenouliu.blogspot.com/2024/10/grim-reaper-haiku.html

the rise and fall of cicadas’ trilling dappled rock trail Asahi Haikuist Network, September 6, 2024

http://chenouliu.blogspot.com/2024/10/cicadas-trilling-haiku.html

summer rain stitching sky and mountain path  The Wee Sparrow Haiku Nook, August 2024 Editor's Comment: I like this almost Zen-like image, two straight horizontal lines connected by the vert...

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slanted sunlight reaches Wooden Jesus on the cross I close my eyes ... yet nothing whatever emerges in my mind or my heart NeverEnding Story, October 28 2024 FYI: This tanka could be rea...

http://chenouliu.blogspot.com/2024/10/wooden-jesus-tanka.html

sleet turns to snow the coldness of tonight without her Cafe Haiku, August 10, 2024

http://chenouliu.blogspot.com/2024/10/from-sleet-to-snow-haiku.html

another year ... the howl of the north wind through more gravestones Cafe Haiku, August 10, 2024

http://chenouliu.blogspot.com/2024/10/north-wind-haiku.html

budding snowdrops in my old neighbor's garden For Sale sign Cafe Haiku, August 10, 2024

http://chenouliu.blogspot.com/2024/10/budding-snowdrops-haiku.html

fiftieth birthday halfway to the summit in silence  Cafe Haiku, August 10, 2024

http://chenouliu.blogspot.com/2024/10/summit-haiku.html

Patriot: A Memoir written in blood, sweat and tears ... the battle continues from Navalny's grave as the Kremlin is cloaked in shadows NeverEnding Story, October 23 2024 FYI: Alexei Nava...

http://chenouliu.blogspot.com/2024/10/patriot-tanka.html

Against the Drowning Noise of Other Words, CXIII: "preparing for settlement in Gaza" no visible trace of the walls of my house of the living room chairs, tables, dishes, and beds ... a Gaz...

http://chenouliu.blogspot.com/2024/10/youre-notknowing.html

my wife’s should’ve list growing long ... and longer cicada summer Asahi Haikuist Network, August 16, 2024

http://chenouliu.blogspot.com/2024/10/shouldve-list-haiku.html

my shadow and me on the forget-me-not path this graveyard silence Poetry Festival, August 14, 2024

http://chenouliu.blogspot.com/2024/10/forget-me-not-path-haiku.html

bonfire flaming red children’s eyes spark at Grandpa telling love stories Poetry Festival, August 14, 2024

http://chenouliu.blogspot.com/2024/10/bonfire-haiku.html

a girl sticks her tongue out at snowflakes her mother's smiling face in the shelter window NeverEnding Story, October 17 2024 FYI: For more examples about mood haiku and tanka, see To t...

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the news on mute ... I'm quiet and quieter as my old dog sleeps NeverEnding Story, October 17 2024 ADDED: No More Fairy Tales, XXXVI New Delhi draped in layers of toxic haze this sens...

http://chenouliu.blogspot.com/2024/10/news-on-mute-haiku.html

Against the Drowning Noise of Other Words, CIX: "war crime news" war crime news on pause the rise, fall and rise again of my newborn's chest NeverEnding Story, October 16 2024 FYI: Isr...

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my love grasps the thread of her breath from the edge of orgasm she spins, spinning it into a passion story  love after love we exhaust each other – in her heart swirls something dark...

http://chenouliu.blogspot.com/2024/10/unknowing.html

Thanksgiving dinner between mouthfuls and refills this hushed silence NeverEnding Story, October 14 2024 For more of Thanksgiving poems, see Special Feature : Selected Poems for Reflectio...

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