{"id":1477,"date":"2026-08-01T19:15:46","date_gmt":"2026-08-01T13:45:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aswordsfly.com\/?p=1477"},"modified":"2026-08-01T19:48:17","modified_gmt":"2026-08-01T14:18:17","slug":"page-7-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aswordsfly.com\/index.php\/2026\/08\/01\/page-7-2\/","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div style=\"height:74px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">the deck chairs<br>where my neighbors used to sit \u2026<br>the slow drift<br>of dogwood blossoms<br>into their empty pool<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em><sub>\u2014Chen-ou Liu, Canada<\/sub><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:84px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-vertical is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-524f8de7 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left wp-block-paragraph\">rainless clouds<br>and the muffled wind\u2026<br>a peacock calls<br>from every window<br>I happen to open<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><em><sub>\u2014Minal Sarosh, India<\/sub><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:80px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">cirrus duplicatus<br>the parallel trunks<br>of loblolly pines<br>slanting sunlight falls<br>through possum ribs<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em><sub>\u2014Joshua St. Claire, USA<\/sub><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:79px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-vertical is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-524f8de7 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left wp-block-paragraph\">summer evenings<br>our glasses filled<br>with pomegranate juice<br>the afterglow at the horizon<br>a deepest red I\u2019ve ever seen<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><em><sub>\u2014Lakshmi Iyer, India<\/sub><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:68px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-light-gray-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-9af08085c9f58fe358c08ceb52ef11c6 wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-size:15px\">About<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-light-gray-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-7840dbb5136ea272066e2569a9e2a2ff wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-size:15px\"><strong>Chen-ou Liu<\/strong> is the author of five books, including Following the Moon to the Maple Land (First Prize, 2011 Haiku Pix Chapbook Contest) and A Life in Transition and Translation (Honorable Mention, 2014 Turtle Light Press Biennial Haiku Chapbook Competition). His tanka and haiku have been honored with many awards.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-light-gray-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-37b1eb0b5708aa9cab66ad54cb856256 wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-size:15px\"><strong>Minal Sarosh<\/strong> is an award-winning Indian English poet, haikuist and novelist.<br>At the moment, she is mesmerised by Japanese short-form poetry, like haiku and its related forms, and spends her time writing and exploring its nuances.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-light-gray-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-5cccefcb88218f7458e78479583dec26 wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-size:15px\"><strong>Joshua St. Claire<\/strong> is a poet from Pennsylvania in the United States. His poems have appeared in numerous journals. 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