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  4. Liu, Chen-ou

Chen-ou LiuChen-ou Liu

Born 1963 in Taipei, Taiwan
Living in Ajax, Ontario, Canada
Chen-ou Liu is currently the editor and translator of NeverEnding Story, and the author of two award-winning books.
URL: Poetry in the Moment 


 

noonday heat
a white man staring at me
me staring back

Kokako, 25, 2016

 

the click
of her red high heels ...
divorce court

Haiku Canada Review, 10:2, 2016

 

back from the washroom
her blouse buttoned lower:
blind date

Failed haiku, 1:10, 2016

 

a hole in my sock
she serves me
with divorce papers

Modern Haiku, 46:1, Winter/Spring 2015

 

Valentine's Day alone
the neighbor's wife runs naked
through my mind

Failed Haiku, 1:9, September 2016

 

a paper cut
from her dear john letter
Friday the 13th

Failed Haiku, 1:9, September 2016

 

a night off
the hooker plays with herself
in her sleep

Failed Haiku, 1:9, September 2016

 

recession ...
the care giver he hired
doubles as a mistress

Prune Juice, 6, 2011

 

tourist attraction
the beggar's cup fills
with sunlight

Failed Haiku, 1:8, August 2016

 

I feel
something aroused
naked mannequin

Failed Haiku, 1:8, August 2016

 

family reunion:
passing a divorce story
from cousin to cousin

Prune Juice, 19, 2016

 

he lies
in a gold-plated casket…
just my size

Selected Senryu, Haiku Pix Review, 1, Winter 2011

 

midnight argument
giving me the middle finger
she blocks out two stars

Failed Haiku, 1:7, July 2016

 

her hips
sway our debate on sex
summer heat

Failed Haiku, 1:5, May 2016

 

zen workshop
the roshi answers a question
with a question

Failed Haiku, 1:3, March 2016

 

a priest alone
in the confession booth
year's end

Prune Juice, 17, 2015

 

between street lamps
a sex worker
and my shadow

Prune Juice, 17, 2015

 

a fork in the road ...
she opens the map
while I read GPS

Senryu Third Place, 2014 Haiku Poets of Northern California Haiku, Senryu, and Tanka Contest

 

poetry reading
the summer air alive
with ring tones

Prune Juice, 14, November 2014

 

I'm bi-curious...
a bat flitting
over my friend's fence

Cattails 3, 2014

 

oh, you're a poet ...
her rising tone
in the last syllable


Editor's Choice Senryu, Cattails, 3, 2014

 

poetry workshop:
I try out the critic's
reading glasses

Prune Juice, 11, November 2013

 

spicy chicken …
this impulse to ask
if she's married

Modern Haiku, 43:1, Feb., 2012

 

red light –
the driver of a hearse
smiles at me

Notes from the Gean, 3:3, December 2011

 

bullfrog chorus...
I practice saying
I love you

Third Prize, 2011 Senryu Contest

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