Bamboo Shoots Submission for Year of the Dog
I Shall Never See
A long journey Joyce Kilmer Park in the Bronx To his home in New Brunswick, New Jersey Walking the way A pilgrim’s quest I come Gateway to his mansion Behind…
Bamboo Shoots Submission for Year of the Dog
My Life as a Fraction
“My Life as a Fraction” Fraction: “I tell you, it’s hard being 9/2 (that’s 9 over 2) because everyone is always trying to convert you. I mean, I don’t want…
Bamboo Shoots Submission for Year of the Dog
A Companion : the translation
A Companion This companion, is a long-distance bird, a bird of long journeys, a bird of many changing colors and many clothes. His small body is simply carried off by…
Bamboo Shoots Submission for Year of the Dog
If you pay attention, nothing is trivial
If you pay attention, nothing is trivial Running her fingers through her hair Primping her hair Brushing hair from her forehead Glancing at her fingernails Looking skyward Nervous laughter Darting…
Bamboo Shoots Submission for Year of the Dog
The Women I Love
The Women I love One is a widow who closes her eyes. One makes love with fractured English. One talks in her sleep with foreign tongues. One mistook me for…
Bamboo Shoots Submission for Year of the Dog
Full Moon at Sunset
Full Moon at Sunset After the nuclear explosion, light filtered through the clouds’ soft focus, an exquisite, violet sky darkening to rouge at the border of the hills. The surface…