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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.

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.

My Dear Friends:

NeverEnding Story was launched on the first day of 2013. Today is its second birthday.

Stats:

Pageviews yesterday: 488
Pageviews last month:11,977
Pageviews last year: 98,560
Average pageviews per day: 270
The most read post: Hot News: 66 Haiku Selected for 2013 Butterfly Dream Anthology (posted on March 7, 2014; pageviews:  1327)

Many thanks for your ongoing support of my project. And look for forward to reading your work (be sure to read the submission guidelines for haiku/tanka)

May 2015 be great for both you and your writing.

first sunrise...
my midlife drained of all
but hunger
for these magic words,
NeverEnding Story

Chen-ou

Updated, November 16:

This is the last call for haiku and tanka anthology submissions: no more than 20 haiku/tanka per submission and no simultaneous submissions. Deadline: December 1, 2014 (see submission guidelines for haiku and tanka)

Stats:

Pageviews yesterday: 310
Pageviews last month: 9,542

NeverEnding Story is a great place for your work to reach a wider readership.

Chen-ou


Updated, November 4:

Dear THF Poets:

I am pleased to announce that One Man's Maple Moon: 66 Selected English-Chinese Bilingual Tanka, Volume One 2014 is now available online for your reading pleasure. 


Dear THF Poets:

I am pleased to announce that Butterfly Dream: 66 Selected English-Chinese Bilingual Haiku, Volume One 2014 is now available online for your reading pleasure.  (Note: I'd revised some of Chinese translations. For those whose haiku are included in the anthology, each will receive a copy of its e-book edition within three days)

For more information about this good news, see Hot News: Butterfly Dream, Volume One 2014

And look forward to reading your haiku (see Butterfly Dream, Volume Two: Call for Haiku Submissions Deadline: December 1, 2014)

Many thanks for your continued support of my project.

Chen-ou

Update:

NeverEnding Story just crossed the 120,000 view mark today.

Stats:

Pageviews yesterday: 250
Pageviews last month: 7,733

I am grateful for everyone who has been a part of this poetry journey. And look forward to reading your new haiku/tanka (see 2014 anthology submission guidelines for haiku and tanka )


Chen-ou


Update:

My Dear Fellow Poets and Readers:

I'm pleased to announce the following 66 tanka selected for One Man's Maple Moon, 2013: Selected English-Chinese Bilingual Tanka. The anthology is scheduled to be published in July. Each poet whose tanka is/are included in the anthology will receive a copy of  its e-book edition.

Please post to all appropriate venues. Your time and help would be greatly appreciated.

Many thanks for your support of my project. And look forward to reading your new work (see 2014 anthology submission guidelines)

Chen-ou


Update:

My Dear Fellow Poets:

I'm pleased to announce the following 66 haiku selected for Butterfly Dream, 2013: Selected English-Chinese Bilingual Haiku. The anthology is scheduled to be published in July. Each poet whose haiku is/are included in the anthology will receive a copy of  its e-book edition.

Please post to all appropriate venues. Your time and help would be greatly appreciated.

Many thanks for your support of my project. And look forward to reading your new work (see 2014 anthology submission guidelines)

Chen-ou

Note: The 2013 Butterfly Dream Prize winner will be announced in April.

See the list of selected haiku




My Dear Fellow Poets:

NeverEnding Story was launched on the first day of 2013. Today is its first birthday.

Stats:

Pageviews yesterday: 278
Pageviews last month: 6,439
Pageviews last year: 64,602
The most read post: Dark Wings of Night: Seamus Heaney and His View of Haiku (posted on August 31; pageviews: 397; comments: 14)

And there are 95-epapers that regularly reprint NeverEnding Story's haiku and tanka, which are also posted on Twitter via @storyhaikutanka (NeverEnding Story's account -- following: 6; followers: 206) and re-tweeted by @ericcoliu (my account -- following: 6; followers: 1095).

For more information, see Hot News: NeverEnding Story's First Birthday, accessed at http://goo.gl/7vRw7w


Now, NeverEnding Story seeks haiku/ tanka submissions.

For more information. see 2014 One Man's Maple Moon Anthology: Call for Tanka Submissions, accessed at http://goo.gl/DWRomW , and 2014 Butterfly Dream Anthology: Call for Haiku Submissions, accessed at http://goo.gl/o3wOcJ


Many thanks for your support of my project.

May 2014 be great for both you and your writing.

Chen-ou

My Dear Fellow Poets:

This is the last call for haiku/tanka submissions. The accepted haiku/tanka will be translated into Chinese and posted on NeverEnding Story and Twitter (You are welcome to follow me on NeverEnding Story, or on Twitter at @storyhaikutanka [following 8, followers 163] or @ericcoliu [following 11, followers 997]). Of them, the best 66 haiku/tanka will be included in the anthology, which is scheduled to be published in April of 2014, and the best of the best haiku/tanka of 2013 will be rewarded $CAD 50 and the poet will be given a 3-page space to feature the best haiku/tanka of his/her choice. For those whose haiku/tanka are included in the anthology, each  will receive a copy of its e-book edition.

Deadline: December 1, 2013.

For more information about submissions, see Haiku Submission Guidelines and Tanka Submission Guidelines.

NeverEnding Story is one of the best places to get your work published.

Stats:  Pageviews yesterday 239; Pageviews last month 7,139.

And its haiku/tanka have been regularly reprinted in more than 60 e-papers, four of which are Japanese. For more information, see Hot News: Haiku/Tanka Reprinted in 60 E-Papers and its comment section.

Please help spread the word.

Many thanks.

Chen-ou Liu

My Dear THF Poets:

Launched on the first day of 2013, NeverEnding Story reached another milestone this week: its haiku/tanka have been regularly reprinted in 32 e-papers, three of which are Japanese (#tanka edited by 恋歌, The #tanka Daily edited by Paper.li community, and 週刊カタノさん edited by or kasumi numatani). For more information, see Hot News: Haiku/Tanka Reprinted in 30 E-Papers and its comment section.

Now, NeverEnding Story seeks haiku/ tanka submissions (especially well-crafted tanka). For more information, see Anthology Submissions . Please help spread the word.

Thank you for your support of my project.


Chen-ou Liu

My Dear THF Poets:

tenth New Year
Chinese fried dough
... and black coffee

I launched a new poetry blog on the first day of the New Year, 2013.

NeverEnding Story, the first English-Chinese bilingual haiku and tanka blog, was established to fulfill my butterfly dream portrayed in the haibun, entitled "To Liv(e)," which was published in Frogpond, 34:3, Fall 2011. I hope it can bring the beauty of English language Japanese short form poetry to Chinese readers around the world (note: I'm seeking my friends' help to put NeverEnding Story on the literary map of "Cultural China," one that has been promoted by Tu Weiming, Research Professor and Senior Fellow of Asia Center at Harvard University, who authored "Cultural China: The Periphery as the Center," Daedalus, Vol. 134, No. 4, Fall, 2005, pp. 145-167. And just imagine this potential size of your fan/reader base")

This blog is divided into five sections as follows:

I Butterfly Dream: Selected Haiku (English Originals with Chinese Translations)

Now, a call for submissions for a new anthology, entitled Butterfly Dream 2013: Selected English-Chinese Bilingual Haiku (for more information, please see the "Anthology Submissions" webpage)

A haiku is an imaginative lotus pond with the real frog in it.

II One Man's Maple Moon: Selected Tanka (English Originals with Chinese Translations)

Now, a call for submissions for a new anthology, entitled One Man's Maple Moon 2013: Selected English-Chinese Bilingual Tanka (for more information, please see the "Anthology Submissions" webpage)

A tanka is snowflakes drifting through the ink dark moon.

III A Room of My Own: Selected Poetry by Chen-ou Liu

IV Poetic Musings: Commentary on Haiku/Tanka

V To the Lighthouse: Essays/Discussions on Haiku/Tanka Aesthetics

I and II seek submissions from the poets, experienced and emerging, around the world while III, IV, and V belong to my "private Idaho" on the island, Lost, and any suggestions or comments will be greatly appreciated.


Butterfly Dream: Call for Haiku Submissions

Send your best, preferably published haiku (please provide publication credits) or new work and a bio sketch (75 words max.) with the subject heading "Published or Unpublished Haiku, Your Name, Submitted Date" to Chen-ou Liu, Blog Editor and Translator via email at neverendingstory_haiku@yahoo.ca

No more than 20 haiku per submission window and no simultaneous submissions. And Please wait for at least four months for another new submission.

Please note that only those whose haiku are selected for publication will be notified within two months, and that no other notification will be sent out, so your works are automatically freed up after two months to submit elsewhere.

The accepted haiku will be translated into Chinese and posted on NeverEnding Story and Twitter (You are welcome to follow me on NeverEnding Story, or on Twitter at @storyhaikutanka). Of them, the best 66 haiku will be included in the anthology, which is scheduled to be published in April of 2014, and the best of the best haiku of 2013 will be rewarded $CAD 50 and the poet will be given a 3-page space to feature the best haiku of his/her choice. For those whose haiku are included in the anthology, each will receive a copy of its e-book edition.


One Man's Maple Moon: Call for Tanka Submissions

Send your best, preferably published tanka (please provide publication credits) or new work and a bio sketch (75 words max.) with the subject heading "Published or Unpublished Tanka, Your Name, Submitted Date" to Chen-ou Liu, Blog Editor and Translator via email at neverendingstory_tanka@yahoo.ca

No more than 20 tanka per submission window and no simultaneous submissions. And Please wait for at least four months for another new submission.

Please note that only those whose tanka are selected for publication will be notified within two months, and that no other notification will be sent out, so your works are automatically freed up after two months to submit elsewhere.

The accepted tanka will be translated into Chinese and posted on NeverEnding Story and Twitter (You are welcome to follow me on NeverEnding Story or on Twitter at @storyhaikutanka). Of them, the best 66 tanka will be included in the anthology, which is scheduled to be published in April of 2014, and the best of the best tanka of 2013 will be rewarded $CAD 50 and the poet will be given a 3-page space to feature the best tanka of his/her choice. For those whose tanka are included in the anthology, each will receive a copy of its e-book edition.

And I wish you all a most happy, successful, and healthy year of the snake, 2013


Chen-ou Liu

Editor and Translator, NeverEnding Story