Chen-ou Liu Poems

written for the "celebration" of Chinese New Year of the Pig

dinner alone
one more slice of roast piglet
...

I stare at the ellipses

at the end of a life story
etched in a borrowed tongue
...

among shadows
in this attic room
I hear
years of lonely nights
...

my blind date
in white with black spots
under dim streetlight
I dress up a few facts
...

first birthday
after her husband's death
in dim light
she rocks herself to sleep
...

to Georgia O'Keeffe

a sliver of moon
over the childhood tree house
...

"Home, Sweet Home"
fading off the radio...
that rainy day
I sang "O Canada"
...

alone
in the inky darkness...
"it'll go away"
I whisper
...