Chen-ou Liu is a contributing writer for Rust+Moth and Simply Haiku. He lives in a suburb of Toronto, where he has been struggling with a life in transition and translation. His poetry has been published and anthologized worldwide. His tanka and haiku have been honored with awards.

Chen-ou Liu

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(Monostiches)

poetry peeks into bodies of others while reading the size of my heart

spring break butterflies fluttering in twos I do it alone

night falls between her breasts the creaking bed by frosted windows

poetry loves transitive verbs but I fondle abstract nouns

beige clouds blurring my ancestors and I together