Chen-ou Liu, Poet from Ajax ON Canada, The Stellar Showcase Journal ISSN 1911-1827

Stellar Showcase Journal
ISSN 1911-1827

2009

Spring Issue

Chen-ou Liu, Poet — Ajax ON

Contents

Back

Homepage

Chen-ou Liu is a contributing writer for a bilingual literary website (www.coviews.com).
He lives in Ajax, a town located in the Golden Horseshoe of south central Ontario, where he has been struggling with a life in transition and translation.

Crabwalk

Every night
I slept in Taipei
but woke up in Ajax

My mind was winged
by a yearning
for things not yet lost

An immigrant to Ajax
I'd stayed there six years
but at night in dreams
Taipei was still my home

Last week, I drove south
across the Canadian border
Reality dawned and I realized
From now on Ajax will be
where I am from

III

Sometimes I dream in Chinese
I dream my father's dream
I awake and become Eric

Sunlight streams into my room
caressing me with its warmth
as it welcomes me home