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Tag Archives: Asian American Poetry
SATURDAY POETRY SERIES PRESENTS: LI-YOUNG LEE
By Li-Young Lee: from ALWAYS A ROSE Not for the golden pears, rotten on the ground— their sweetness their secret—not for the scent of their dying did I go back to my father’s house. Not for the grass grown wild … Continue reading
SATURDAY POETRY SERIES PRESENTS: MARCI CALABRETTA
By Marci Calabretta: CATERPILLAR SEASON Wild strawberries were blooming as we ambled toward the cottonwood shade. You were examining the prophecy of snowfall in the measurements of woolly caterpillars and I asked your opinion on the nature of happiness, perhaps … Continue reading
SATURDAY POETRY SERIES PRESENTS: ALLIE MORENO
TOO MUCH OF A GOOD THING By Allie Moreno I have been stretched like skin to dry in the sun I am a blanket I’m a tightrope a staircase a palace of forgotten photographs a sandcastle exposed in the wind … Continue reading
SATURDAY POETRY SERIES PRESENTS: SHARON SUZUKI-MARTINEZ
By Sharon Suzuki-Martinez: ONE HUNDRED BRIDGES 1. One day I gave myself a gift certificate because who knows what I want? One night without thinking I traded it for one hundred bridges. 2. We turn the house upside-down in search … Continue reading
SATURDAY POETRY SERIES PRESENTS: SPLIT
from SPLIT By Cathy Linh Che: THE FUTURE THERAPIST ASKS ABOUT RAPE This morning, I watched a woman shatter the thin ice on the pavement. I made the bed, tucked in the sheets, and in the window, I saw reflected … Continue reading
SATURDAY POETRY SERIES PRESENTS: POETRY GENIUS
Editor’s Note: Every once in a while on this series I like to give a shout out to an organization that is furthering poetry in America today, and so today I want to introduce you to the wonder that is … Continue reading
Posted in Poetry Genius, Saturday Poetry Series
Tagged American Gothic Poetry, American Poetry, Arabic poetry, Asian American Poetry, Biblical Poetry, book-length poetry, British Poetry, Celebratory Poetry, Classic Poetry, Feminist Poetry, Formal Poetry, German poetry, Inpsirational Poetry, LGBT Poetry, LGBTQ Poetry, Literary Poetry, Love Poetry, Mexican poetry, Midrashic Poetry, Motivational Poetry, Nature Poetry, nostalgic poetry, Occasional Poetry, Peace Poetry, Poetry, poetry in translation, Poetry International, Poetry of Faith, Poetry of Loss, Poetry on Illness, Poetry on Race, Pop Culture Poetry, Queer Poetry, Rhymed Poetry, Romantic poetry, Seasonal Poetry, Spanish Poetry, Spiritual Poetry, Spring Poetry, translation poetry, war poetry
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SATURDAY POETRY SERIES PRESENTS: JENNA LE
By Jenna Le: MOM’S COCKS Mom grew up beside the Perfume River in Vietnam, in a brick house overrun by chickens. Those horny-footed fowl were always rubbing their feather-padded genitals against sofa legs and children’s shoes as if they were … Continue reading
Posted in Jenna Le, NYQ Books, Saturday Poetry Series, Six Rivers
Tagged American Poetry, Asian American Poetry, book-length poetry, Formal Poetry, Love Poetry, nostalgic poetry, Poetry, Poetry International, Poetry of Loss, Poetry on Illness, Poetry on Race, poetry reviews, poets, war poetry
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SATURDAY POETRY SERIES PRESENTS: NO
from NO By Ocean Vuong TORSO OF AIR Suppose you do change your life. & the body is more than a portion of night—sealed with bruises. Suppose you woke & found your shadow replaced by a black wolf. The boy, … Continue reading
SATURDAY POETRY SERIES PRESENTS: ARLENE KIM
By Arlene Kim: (Today’s poems originally appeared in Diode and appear here today with permission from the poet.) Arlene Kim grew up on the east coast of the U.S. before drifting westward. Her first collection of poems What have you … Continue reading
Posted in Arlene Kim
Tagged American Poetry, Asian American Poetry, Poetry, Poetry International
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SATURDAY POETRY SERIES PRESENTS: REGIE CABICO
IT’S NOT SO MUCH HIS KISS I RECALL AS HIS VOICE By Regie Cabico A shy pebble rippling water. Each phrase a school of startled ginger fish shimmering through the telephone line. I’d like to invite you to my place … Continue reading
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Tagged American Poetry, Asian American Poetry, Poetry, Romantic poetry
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