Issue #2: To The Common Tongue, Chen Chen
To The Common Tongue ————- more of Chen Chen’s work here.
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Issue #2: “Nǐ kǒu kě ma?”, Chen Chen
“Nǐ kǒu kě ma?” (Xiamen, China 2008) I sit with my grandmother & watch a Coca Cola commercial on TV, another tie-in with […]
Issue #2: Citizenship, Chen Chen
Citizenship My brothers & I are responsible citizens. We know to protect the cake. The cake knows we are its protectors. If it did not allow its cakeself to be […]
Issue #2: .orion in december, N.L Shompole
.orion in december My grandfather is a giant of a man, big bones, big voice, big heart. Last December we sat under the pink sky and watched the stars come […]
Issue #2: .koschei the deathless, N.L Shompole
.koschei the deathless The world is in revolt, I tell you, haven’t you heard? The world is in revolt! Lately The News tastes like stale water. Musty odor […]
Issue #2: Five Poems, N.L Shompole
// Plunder Here, (in the heart) is softness. Plunder, I will survive. // Until the end Each breath she endured There is no peace for those who cannot endure until […]
Issue #2: My Father’s Hands, Irene Velarde
My Father’s Hands My father’s hands can’t play the piano. Too strong, too scarred to stretch for full octave, his fingers begin in hard work, fall short of sunset over […]
Issue #2: Broken Origin Story About The Philippines, Irene Velarde
Broken Origin Story about the Philippines In the beginning, there was endless sky and endless ocean Then there came land, the accidental gift of an angry god There lived the […]
Issue #2: A Tornado is Sitting In Your Head, Dalton Day
A Tornado is Sitting In Your Head A tornado is sitting in your head. But it isn’t sitting in your head. You are telling me what the tornado is really […]
Issue #2: Filling Out Your Only Form, Dalton Day
Filling Out Your Only Form —————————— Find Dalton Day here and here.
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