Monthly Archives: May 2026

Wedding Miracles

What I loved — besides the volumesof taffeta on the Korean mother’s dress,  And the fleshy glow of the slightlyolder bride, And the plodding priest with hisfifty mentions of Christ,  And the guests, as various as petals on all the bouquets, With … Continue reading

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Diaspora of Affections

Since nothing is ever complete, the poetry book I wrote about my mother, Diaspora of Things, seems like a light-sensitive print of where I was a few years ago.  The relationship keeps evolving.  The deeper I get into motherhood – all these years … Continue reading

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Spleen-y Ode to Spring

Imagine wasting spring days jaundiced, brooding, noting how magnolia petals from tree nuptials became fulsome brown slurry, mucilaginous, underfoot slippery  And all Americans, scout-like, ready at any moment, have cars built to transport a casket—their neighbor, the sudden hearse of their president And when … Continue reading

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