Four Poems from China Cowboy
Did I go? The little girl looks at the warped photograph of herself in the toilet on the Star Ferry surveys the short hair she cut herself the image… More
Breathlessness
I was so crazy tired that I said the word ‘slumberland’ under my breath & it took on the charge of invective while it also made a hoop which… More
The Garden of Earthly Delights
Your / Kisses / Your / Sky / Your / Darkness / Your / Sky More
from sourcings
what echoes across waters : / taotaomo’na— / from ‘taotao’ [‘people’] ginen ‘mo’na’ [‘precede’]— / ‘people of before’ ‘before time ancestors’ ‘ancient people’ ‘people before / recorded time’ etc More
What Is Withheld
My favorite / thing: to eat book after book while / reading apples. More
Goat in the Snow
After passing the farm with the goat / it was important to slow down. / Hello goat. Hello officer. So easy to lose track / when going downhill.… More
Notes of a Native Son
I’m the truest sort of resident. The kind who, / asked to offer proof that he resides here, fails. / The guy who comes from someplace else & thrives… More
A Theory of the Novel
a boy’s attention, corralled / in sand, pebbles, and the sun’s / slow clockwork, fails to take in / the wreckage, though / years from now, he’ll describe it… More
Celebrate Banned Books Week: September 24-October 1
It’s time again for Banned Books Week, that annual celebration of one’s freedom to read and the importance of the First Amendment. Held during the last week of September,… More
Elaine Equi: Two Poems
A gong is struck / in the temple of a dream / signaling / change. More
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