walking out
in the middle of the lecture
on astrology
we saw summer stars
in each other's eyes

tanka by Chenou Liu (2011)
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A Kyoka about Being Born-Again

crawling out
from under dead bodies
of my poetry
this Easter Sunday
I become a born-again poet

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dreams banished
from the clear blue sky
I count
the number of birthday cakes
eaten in the attic

tanka by Chenou Liu (2010)
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Good Friday night…
a teenage girl in red
lies motionless
on the sidewalk
facing the starlit sky

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bare maple tree
standing on the front lawn…
with no one around
I speak to it
in my mother tongue

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suddenly awake
to see a sharp sickle
hanging low
in the winter sky...
I grasp the edge of my dream

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suddenly awake
to see a sharp sickle
hanging low
in the winter sky...
I grasp the edge of my dream

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sleepless again
a homeless man counts the stars
in the winter sky...
a number is never
just a number

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A Kyoka About Sexting

the last straw
in the you-pull-I-pull
relationship
with my sexting partner:
cobra tattoo on her arm

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after surgery
both of us said nothing...
her red bra
in the corner of my mind
begins to change color

tanka by Chenou Liu (2012)
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