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My Dear Friends:

NeverEnding Story reached a new milestone this morning: 2 M pageveiws (FYI: On May 5, 2020, NeverEnding Story crossed the one million view mark)

I am grateful to everyone who has been a part of this poetry journey. And NeverEnding Story now seeks the haiku and tanka that can bite and bite hard

The accepted haiku and tanka will be translated into Chinese and posted on NeverEnding Story and X. And you are welcome to follow me on X at @ericcoliu (7 following, 4,665 followers).

What poetry can, must, and will always do for us: it complicates us, it doesn't "soothe." -- Jorie Graham


Happy Reading and Writing

Chen-ou

My Dear Friends:

NeverEnding Story reached a new milestone last night: 1.9 M pageviews (FYI: On January 22, 2023, it crossed 1.5 M view mark)

I am grateful to everyone who has been a part of this poetry journey. And look forward to reading your haiku and tanka. Here are submission guidelines for haiku and tanka.

The accepted haiku and tanka will be translated into Chinese and posted on NeverEnding Story and X (formerly Twitter) And You are welcome to follow me on X at @ericcoliu: 6 Following; 4,603 Followers).

Chen-ou

My Dear Friends:

Launched on the first day of 2013, NeverEnding Story crossed the 1.826 million view mark this morning (FYI: NeverEnding Story reached the 1. 493 Million pageviews on January 1, 2023)

I am grateful to everyone who has been a part of this poetry journey. And look forward to reading your haiku and tanka.

The accepted haiku and tanka will be translated into Chinese and posted on NeverEnding Story and Twitter. And you are welcome to follow me on Twitter at @ericcoliu (5 following, 4538 followers). For more details, see submission guidelines for haiku and tanka

Happy New Year, 2024!

May your "happiness be large" and your "bills be small."

the glow
of a good-luck crystal 
first sunrise

Chen-ou

My Dear Friends:

NeverEnding Story reached a new milestone yesterday at midnight: the HIGEST daily page views, 3,820; and the last month, July, reached the Highest monthly page views, 26,106.

I am grateful to everyone who has been a part of this poetry journey. And look forward to reading your haiku and tanka (see submission guidelines)

on the windowsill
two bluebirds singing
to each other
I tweet and retweet
"NeverEnding Story" (most-read haiku and tanka poetry blog)

Chen-ou


FYI: NeverEnding Story reached a new milestone, 1.6 M page views, on July 14; and it crossed 1.5 M view mark on January 22.


Updated: Neverending Story reached another new milestone on August 6: the HIGEST daily page views, 8,774.


this room reeks
of smoke, sweat, and whisky
as I squeeze my mind ...
five lines out into the dark
edge of a lonely heart


We [write] to know we're "not alone."

-- paraphrasing The character of C.S. Lewis in William Nicholson's play, "Shadowlands"

Look forward to reading your haiku and tanka (see submission guidelines)


Happy Writing

Chen-ou

My Dear Friends:

Launched on the first day of 2013, NeverEnding Story crossed the 1.328 million view mark early this morning (FYI: The last milestone, 1.11 Million Pageviews, was reached on January 3, 2021).

I am grateful to everyone who has been a part of this poetry journey. And look forward to reading your haiku and tanka.

See anthology submission guidelines for haiku and tanka. The accepted haiku and tanka will be translated into Chinese and posted on NeverEnding Story and Twitter.  And You are welcome to follow me on Twitter at @ericcoliu (4 following, 4144 followers).

first sunrise ...
my midlife drained of all
but hungry
for these magic words
NeverEnding Story 😇

on the windowsill
two canaries singing
to each other
I tweet and retweet
NeverEnding Story  😋


We read to know we're "not alone."

-- The character of C.S. Lewis in William Nicholson's play, "Shadowlands"

The proper response to a poem is "another poem."

-- Phyllis Webb


Happy New Year, 2022! May your "happiness be large" and your "bills be small."

Stay safe and well

Chen-ou Liu

My Dear Friends:

Launched on the first day of 2013, NeverEnding Story crossed the 1.3 million view mark this morning (FYI: On May 4, 2020, NeverEnding Story crossed the one million view mark).

I am grateful to everyone who has been a part of this poetry journey. And look forward to reading your haiku and tanka.

See anthology submission guidelines for haiku and tanka. The accepted haiku and tanka will be translated into Chinese and posted on NeverEnding Story and Twitter.  And You are welcome to follow me on Twitter (@ericcoliu, 4 following, 4071 followers).

on the windowsill
two canaries singing
to each other
I tweet and retweet
NeverEnding Story  😋


We read to know we're "not alone."

-- The character of C.S. Lewis in William Nicholson's play, "Shadowlands"

The proper response to a poem is "another poem."

-- Phyllis Webb


Stay safe and well

Have a nice weekend

Chen-ou

My Dear Friends:

NeverEnding Story had reached a new milestone early this morning: 1.25 M pageveiws (FYI: On May 4, 2020, NeverEnding Story crossed the one million view mark)


We read to know we're "not alone."

-- The character of C.S. Lewis in William Nicholson's play, "Shadowlands"

The proper response to a poem is "another poem."

-- Phyllis Webb

I am grateful to everyone who has been a part of this poetry journey. And look forward to reading your haiku and tanka (see anthology submission guidelines for haiku and tanka)

Stay safe and well

Chen-ou

My Dear Friends:

Launched on the first day of 2013, NeverEnding Story crossed the 1.11 million view mark last night.

I am grateful to everyone who has been a part of this poetry journey. And look forward to reading your haiku and tanka (see anthology submission guidelines for haiku and tanka)

In a time of crisis, poetry can help focus our fears and transform "noise into music."
-- Michael Dirda

quarantining
this world of masked faces
into five lines ...
I throw a stone of words
across the river of no return

Stay safe and well

Wishing you a Happy and Healthy New Year

Chen-ou Liu

My Dear Friends:

Launched on the first day of 2013, NeverEnding Story crossed the one million view mark late last night.

I am grateful to everyone who has been a part of this poetry journey. And look forward to reading your haiku and tanka (see anthology submission guidelines for haiku and tanka)

Forty-Eighth Entry, Coronavirus Poetry Diary

brown spots
in the front lawn
spring rain
tapping on the window
and my quarantined mind

In a time of crisis, poetry can help focus our fears and transform 'noise into music' -- Michael Dirda

Happy Reading/Writing

Stay safe and well

Chen-ou

My Dear Friends:

Launched on the first day of 2013, NeverEnding Story crossed the 700,000 view mark this morning.

Stats:

Pageviews yesterday: 512
Pageviews last month:14,850

I am grateful to everyone who has been a part of this poetry journey. And look forward to reading your new haiku/tanka (see 2018 anthology submission guidelines for haiku and tanka)

You can read Butterfly Dream haiku anthologies, I-III, and One Man's Maple Moon tanka anthologies, I-III, online for free.

Chen-ou Liu

Note:  In addition to being translated into Chinese and published on NeverEnding Story, the accepted haiku and tanka will be tweeted and re-tweeted by  @storyhaikutanka (NeverEnding Story's Tweeter account: following: 6, followers: 1,318) and @ericcoliu (Chen-ou Liu's Tweeter account: following: 4, followers: 3,271) respectively to reach a larger readership.

My Dear Friends:

I am pleased to announce that Butterfly Dream: 66 Selected English-Chinese Bilingual Haiku, Volume Three and  One Man's Maple Moon: 66 Selected English-Chinese Bilingual Tanka, Volume Three now are available online for your reading pleasure.

And I'm looking forward to reading more of your haiku and tanka (see submission guidelines for haiku and tanka; Deadline: December 31)

I wish you all the best for the festive season and for the year ahead.

Chen-ou Liu

Editor and Translator, NeverEnding Story

My Dear Friends:

Launched on the first day of 2013, NeverEnding Story crossed the 500,000 view mark yesterday.

Stats:

Pageviews yesterday: 570
Pageviews last month:19,050

I am grateful for everyone who has been a part of this poetry journey. And look forward to reading your work (see 2017 anthology submission guidelines for haiku and tanka )

Chen-ou

Note:  In addition to being translated into Chinese and published on NeverEnding Story, the accepted haiku and tanka will be tweeted and re-tweeted by  @storyhaikutanka (NeverEnding Story's Tweeter account: following: 7, followers: 1,077) and @ericcoliu (Chen-ou Liu's Tweeter account: following: 5, followers: 2,864) respectively to reach a larger readership.

Jan:

Look forward to reading your work.

Chen-ou

Send your best published haiku/tanka (please provide publication credits) or new work and a bio sketch (50 words max.). No more than twenty haiku/tanka per submission and no simultaneous submissions. Please note that only those whose haiku/tanka are accepted will be notified within three weeks, and that no other notification will be sent out. The accepted haiku/tanka will be translated into Chinese and posted on NeverEnding Story and Twitter. The best 66 haiku/tanka will be included in the anthology, and each poet in the anthology  will receive a copy of the e-book edition (note: Butterfly Dream, Volume Two and One Man's Maple Moon, Volume Two are now available online for your reading pleasure)

For more information about submissions, see anthology submission guidelines for haiku,http://neverendingstoryhaikutanka.blogspot.ca/2016/01/2016-butterfly-dream-call-for-haiku.html and tanka. Deadline: December 16, 2016.

Look forward to reading your work.

Happy Writing!

Chen-ou

My Dear Friends:

Launched on the first day of 2013, NeverEnding Story has just crossed the 300,000 view mark early this morning.

Stats:

Pageviews yesterday: 495
Pageviews last month:12,350

I am grateful for everyone who has been a part of this poetry journey. And look forward to reading your new haiku/tanka (see 2015 anthology submission guidelines for haiku/tanka)

A haiku or a tanka without "rhetoric" was likely to be no more  than a brief observation without poetic tension or illumination.

-- Donald Keene, The Winter Sun Shines in: A Life of Masaoka Shiki, p 57.

Chen-ou

Note:  In addition to being translated into Chinese and published on NeverEnding Story, the accepted haiku and tanka will be tweeted and re-tweeted by  @storyhaikutanka (NeverEnding Story's Tweeter account: following: 8, followers: 584) and @ericcoliu (Chen-ou Liu's Tweeter account: following: 5, followers: 2,053) respectively to reach a larger readership.