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The Rape of the Nanjing Memorial
“The ancient commission of the writer has not changed. He is charged with exposing our many grievous faults and failures, with dredging up to the light our dark and dangerous dreams for the purpose of...
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A day in the life
“Creativity is piercing the mundane to find the marvelous.” -Bill Moyers I am glad to be back writing again after a long hiatus….This is not a regular fare for those of you who have read me in the...
View ArticleStone Pillow (New and Collected Poems): The Clearing
The Clearing –for EB (’94) I wanted to turn your grief to dew that deer carry every morning from the safety of thicket beds into sunrise I would have gathered your face close to mine and looked long...
View ArticleStone Pillow: New and Selected Poems
The only Photograph of Her Affair Her husband believes it’s a mistake Yet wonders why she holds on To what appears to be nothing More than a tree, small bit of sky And a tangle of shadows below. She...
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Stone Pillow: New and Selected Poems “Fishing for the Moon”
Poet Li Young-Lee has often spoken of certain works as “quarrels” with his father. Many of mine, like Fishing… fall into the same category. Studies have been done that imply that the post-death...
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Charity does not translate well into Chinese Part I
The government announced this week that it was drafting a new government initiative to enable the public to see how their donations to charity are being used. This was brought on, in part, because...
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Twitter Poets to Follow
Mashable and others have published lists of journalists, fiction writers, non-fiction writers, bloggers, Social Media gurus and new media mavens, but I haven’t seen a post that guide you to poets on...
View ArticleNew and Selected Poems: “After Being Asked” and “Soundtrack”
When I passed through LAX customs yesterday I was asked the same question I suppose the immigration folks are trained to ask in cases like mine: “Why have you been in China so long?” Each time I have...
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Found and Still Lost
I first met Shannon during a poetry reading shortly after my first book came out some two decades ago. I later reviewed her first collection of verse and stayed in touch through the years with the...
View ArticleNew and Selected Poems “Silver Dollar Annie”
Thanks to Rick for finding this and passing it back to me. Rick, a friend now, was a student if mine many moons ago when I penned this poem. I had not seen this draft for 15 years before today. I can’t...
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