Archive Selection--By Chen-ou Liu--Canada--Originally Published--April 30, 2017

wolf moon
a stranger's smell
on her body

狼月
陌生人的氣味
在她身上
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cherry blossom rain
her fragrance lingers
in my mind

櫻花雨
她的香味徘徊
在我的腦海裡
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those three words
then silence ...
a gap in the clouds

那三個字
然後一陣沉默 ...
雲層中出現破口
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a dragonfly pauses
between sunshine and shade
to stay or to go

蜻蜓停頓
在陽光和陰影之間
要留下或離開
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drift of a leaf ...
the end
of my shift work

漂泊的一片葉子 ...
我的輪班工作
已結束

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Chen-ou Liu is the author of four books, including Following the Moon to the Maple Land (First Prize Winner of the 2011 Haiku Pix Chapbook Contest). His tanka and haiku have been honored with many awards. To read more of his poems, please go to Poetry in the Moment, http://chenouliu.blogspot.com/