dying embers... 
reciting Neruda 
to myself
 

the Siren sings
to me from the other shore…
midsummer dream
 

between shadows
on the moonlit snowbank
words lost
 

moonlit alley
my shadow quivers
in winter gusts
 

the moon rises
to a dog's long howl...
scent of mooncakes

Chen-ou Liu lives in Canada in 2002. His poetry has been published  worldwide. He's the recipient of 11 awards.