Invisible in the Torn Out Interiors by Dara Wier A man looked at us across his little dish Of watercress and peas and said he’d wasted Five years. We couldn’t ask him doing what? He said he knew he’d let some thing alive die And didn’t know how to get it […]
MoreBeing proved wrong can be delightful, particularly if you’re watching someone break out of the box you’ve put them in. Susan Boyle, with her washer woman looks and elegant tones, affords this pleasure, as do pretty boy actors who go to Ivy League schools and write serious fiction, and 91-year old Olga Kotelko, a record-breaking […]
MoreYesterday I posted Vladimir of Lviv’s imitation poem of Carl Sandburg’s “Chicago.” (Vladimir is a student in my sister Ceci’s ESL conversation class. All the students were asked to write a poem about home using Sandburg’s poem as a model.) Today I’ll highlight excerpts from a few more student works. I wish I […]
MoreWith all the blahblahblah about Chinese mothers and the ensuing defense of western ones, perhaps it’s time for a dose of multiculturalism that goes down easier. I’m posting poems, previously unpublished, written not only by novice poets, but by novice poets writing in a non-native language. How amazing is that! It’s akin to me writing […]
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