Requiem

This blood in a chipped china cup is mine,The pattern round the rim is of birds in flight,Frail bodies brushed … More

Church Service

When I was young I was dragged to Sunday service, sat unhappily brooding in a middling distance pew, wedged in … More

What do you do when you have a harder and harder time expressing in words what is running through your … More

It’s so no law of nature that your nightsshould be all sweetness and light, dreams delightful,when you’re in love.Let me … More

One day you will write the best thing you ever wrote,you think, hope, each day your prayer, your mantra.For inspiration … More

So informal so not a bow Too formal for a shaka sign We meet side by side at a sidewalk … More

If you’re like me, you’d wish you had a super power at birth, of course used for good, not for … More

I honored them all and was as much to me as I could bear the other sunrises ago I used … More

Don’t ask, Will I always be me or will I change? Will I realize when I do not recognize myself … More

Your lips dream dreams of their own. Their tiny brains only have room for good memories of kisses. A lifetime … More

Every morning a variety of birds chirp and sing me awake. And I am pleased and thankful at this late … More

These stone tablets grow row on row, symmetrically planted concrete flowers blooming in a precisely laid field as far as … More

I listened to my boss’s pep talk. Let me make this clear as crystal to all of you.You’ve heard, I … More

My first winter in Madison The coldest winter since they began keeping track The temperature plummeting into the -60s with … More

I had to jump farther than I would have expected. I had to jump farther than I had since I … More

It’s no secret you’ve hoped NASA’d fly me to the moon Have me bounce around the dark side for a … More

Every morning my father brings in the newspaper, pours himself a cup coffee, then sits at the dining room table … More

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

The mechanic wipes his hands with a greasy cloth, says, Time breaks down the integrity of any vehicle,which one day … More

In the wake of illness striking millions by surprise those affected by it personally or through kinship ties, how they … More