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Literature and art find online home Hong Kong Jeff Zroback and Tammy Ho came up with the idea of an online journal two years ago. They notic... -
We are very pleased to announce Cha 's nominations for the Pushcart Prize 2011. The sixth nominee was selected based on readers' v... -
Thank you to all who submitted work to Cha 's "Encountering" Poetry contest . Out of 400 highly accomplished submissions, j... -
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Strange Light: A Dispatch from Isolation - Here’s a link to a recent blog post I wrote for The Windhover. https://blogs.umhb.edu/windhover/2020/05/22/strange-light-a-dispatch-from-isolation-by-daniel...2 years ago
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An Even Dozen - Apt that on this of all days, I have an invitation from MUBI to watch Herzog's *Family Romance LLC * for free; a story in which the mother of a 12 year ol...
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Black Lives Matter in the Pacific, 2020 - Since the murder of George Floyd and the ensuing protests, I have read and viewed countless news articles, op-eds, solidarity statements, video webinars, s...
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"it was always October / in my throat." - “it was always October / in my throat.” - *To My Father / To My Unborn Son, Ocean Vuong (via thecenterwillnothold)*4 years ago
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Solstice Pursuits - In the dark, fish-smelling recesses of Hong Kong’s Aberdeen Harbour we turned a corner one night and came upon an unexpected sight: a makeshift, floating r...4 years ago
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The cover of A Tale Of Truths! - The cover of my rococo fairy tale novella A Tale Of Truths! Soon out from Bill Campbell’s Rosarium Publishing. The cover is ingeniously designed and beauti...
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&NOW Conference this weekend! - &NOW friendlies, I’ll be participating in two events: Saturday, Oct 6, 1-2:25p, ‘From Condensary to Essay,’ with Sarah Rosenthal, Jennifer Firestone & Dana...5 years ago
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Days of Poetry and Wine 2017 starts tonight with readings and... - Days of Poetry and Wine 2017 starts tonight with readings and wine tastings!6 years ago
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Three Poems in The Sunflower Collective - The Sunflower Collective is the newest poetry initiative I know of. It’s not your usual poetry blog. And it’s not just poetry for the sake of poetry. There...8 years ago
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#11 The Lacuna by Barbara Kingsolver - A reader recently compared my writing in *Gatekeeper *to Kingsolver’s. My agent was thrilled (what agent wouldn’t be?) while I am less convinced. I think ...
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A cup of fine tea: Jason S Polley’s “Constituent Command” - Jason S Polley’s “Constituent Command” [Read the poem here] (First published in Issue #25 of Cha) -This post is written by Zabrina Lo. photograph by Jaso...9 years ago
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reading, mis - Misreading can be enjoyable. The other day, I misread graves: Mother. Waiter. Photo: Gravestone, Mauriceville, New Zealand (At rest, I like, and the place...
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The Places We’ve Been: An Interview with Editor Asha Veal Brisebois - I was fortunate last year to have an essay, “Bunking With the Enemy,” included in The Places We’ve Been: Field Reports from Travelers Under 35, an antholog...
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First interview on Asiri's Quest - Daily News interview by Sachitra Mahendra. I spoke about exoticising local culture - not exorcising it. :-)10 years ago
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Get a $109 Amazon Kindle for $79! - Since I’m in the mood to sell things and since I could use the money, too, I’m going to let all my friends and readers of “Little Things” in on this deal...11 years ago
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A new website for Margaret - Margaret’s family has created a new website for her. Most of the content is from her blog, just re-organized, but there are also a few previously unpublish...12 years ago
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FOOTPRINTS IN THE BAJRA a "first in Indian writing in English" - INDIAN LITERATURE (IL, 259), the flagship journal of Sahitya Akademi (national academy of letters, India) recently published a nice review to my book "FOOT...
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AND THE DEAD SHALL RISE ... - After nearly ten years, my second novel, MEMENTO PARK, is about to come out, with blurbs from Salman Rushdie, Marisa Silver, Min Jin Lee and Joseph O'Neill...6 years ago
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An interview - I had the chance to interview Carol Guess and Kristina Marie Darling for Heavy Feather Review. It was a great time and I’m grateful to all involved.11 years ago
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How can you know
ReplyDeleteWhat's inside your head
Is it inside the cupboard
That's inside the lake
That's inside your head
Or inside my head. or
Inside both our heads?
Is my head inside your head
Or your head inside mine?
I tried looking in a mirror
Through the mirror eyes,
Back in the back
Deeper and deeper
Past the Brain
Past the Mind
Past the Soul
Past the Flame
No, No clock there
No cupboard,
No lake,
Some crazy poems, yes
Some funny flowers
drifting on the sky
White Egrets on fences
Watching cars pass.
I'm too tired to go on
Will you please keep looking
Let me know if you find my mind
Though if it wants to wander
I wouldn't mind one bit
Good luck with the clock
And its ticking tocks
Or Tocking ticks
I'm sure they'll show up
Sooner or later
Though I suspect
The Cheshire Cat knows
More than we do. ;)
yamabuki