Coincidence
I’m driving into the high desert east of El Paso. [...]
Furtive Fandango
People walk by me unaware. A dog scratches her fleas [...]
Talking Turkey
Eleven wild turkeys have walked out of the woods into [...]
Poetry is astonishingly so: Poems by Ya Shi
These three short poems by the Sichuan poet Ya Shi, [...]
My Youths in Religion
In my youth our temple received just a single visitor [...]
Letter to My Parents Explaining How I Became a City Person
1. First, I lived in cities. 2. Sitting beside the [...]
Love Poem
The flame moves in on the house this weekend, the [...]
The Viking
Translator's introduction You know the old saw, “A real Viking [...]
Kintsugi
in the art of kintsugi pottery is repaired by sprinkling [...]
Dark Matter
The living looking for eternity don’t know eternity is brief. [...]