If you’re like me, you’d wish you had a super power at birth, of course used for good, not for … More
Author: Lanning Lee
BEARERS
I honored them all and was as much to me as I could bear the other sunrises ago I used … More
To paint the devil on the wall
Don’t ask, Will I always be me or will I change? Will I realize when I do not recognize myself … More
When Lips Dream
Your lips dream dreams of their own. Their tiny brains only have room for good memories of kisses. A lifetime … More
Rise
Every morning a variety of birds chirp and sing me awake. And I am pleased and thankful at this late … More
A Veterans’ Cemetery
These stone tablets grow row on row, symmetrically planted concrete flowers blooming in a precisely laid field as far as … More
A Dream Within a Dream
I listened to my boss’s pep talk. Let me make this clear as crystal to all of you.You’ve heard, I … More
Spring Sprang
My first winter in Madison The coldest winter since they began keeping track The temperature plummeting into the -60s with … More
Storming the 7th Continent
I had to jump farther than I would have expected. I had to jump farther than I had since I … More
Disappointing You
It’s no secret you’ve hoped NASA’d fly me to the moon Have me bounce around the dark side for a … More
What’s Black and White
Every morning my father brings in the newspaper, pours himself a cup coffee, then sits at the dining room table … More
I am a Korean Lee
이 (Lee/Ee/I/Yi/Ri/Rhee/Rhie/Reeh) There are other variants, but that’s plenty for now. 이 is the second most common Korean surname, surpassed … More
Routine Maintenance
The mechanic wipes his hands with a greasy cloth, says, Time breaks down the integrity of any vehicle,which one day … More
For Us
In the wake of illness striking millions by surprise those affected by it personally or through kinship ties, how they … More
Too Few Loves
Together again for the first time, every time, he brushed her cheek, she caressed his side, two souls seeing everything … More
Nature Is Revealed
Where are the ones in the suits of gold,those second lookers who’d whiplash our tender necks,the heart beaters who’d burst … More
The Homecoming (Part Six)
He and Mel had been out drinking with the gang, but everyone else had pooped out and gone home. Tomorrow … More
The Homecoming (Part Five)
In this post-pandemic world, travel had become trickier. On top of the health layers, people didn’t act the way they … More
The Homecoming (Part Four)
He sipped the tea, sat back in his chair, and closed his eyes. You can always tell a good Chinese … More
When I have fears
in the small hours, fingers interlocked behind my head, I search the hidden ceiling straining to see any star beyond, … More
