Thursday, March 1, 2012

THE IRREDUCIBLE

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THE IRREDUCIBLE    A downy woodpecker gleans breakfast from the dead cherry, chirping between taps. A mackerel sky. The smell of thawed ...
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Sunday, February 26, 2012

THE LONG SILENCE

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THE LONG SILENCE Maligned silence, milky as the swirl / at the bottom of a cup, toward which/ the face bends to drink, wanting more .-...
Saturday, February 25, 2012

BESAME ME MUCHO

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BESAME, BESAME MUCHO ...And that/ plaint, that pleading: I know its color/   now— the lilac shade of longing// that looks to slide into...
Friday, February 24, 2012

TA-TA TO ALL THAT THEN?

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TATA TO ALL THAT THEN? Rain has erased the last patches of snow. The lilac bush gives birth to a cardinal, a wren, four white-crowned ...
Thursday, February 23, 2012

HER UPANISHAD

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HER UPANISHAD If it were here and whole, the heart/ would think this was a nest . ---Luisa A. Igloria, Via Negativa , 02-22-12   ...
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Wednesday, February 22, 2012

GUESS WHO CALLED TODAY?

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( Poro Point , a painting by Perla Generosa-Patricio, amiga duradera .) GUESS WHO CALLED TODAY? The person you must speak to,/ but cann...
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Tuesday, February 21, 2012

AKIRAMENA*: THREE POEMS FOR THE "ONE WHO DOES NOT GIVE UP"

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AKIRAMENA*   (For Koharu Hiratsuka, Decapitated by Tsunami, March 28, 2011)   Querulous cries of a raccoon, like lost notes from a s...
Monday, February 20, 2012

ALBERT B. CASUGA: AKIRAMENA*: THREE POEMS FOR THE "ONE WHO DOES NOT GIVE UP"

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ALBERT B. CASUGA: AKIRAMENA*: THREE POEMS FOR THE "ONE WHO DOES NOT GIVE UP"
Saturday, February 18, 2012

HER QUIET REPRIMAND

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HER QUIET REPRIMAND     … This is my daily trial, grave/ failure through omission: how do I sip water //or coffee or broth, pass fruit o...
Thursday, February 16, 2012

THE MIRROR

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THE MIRROR   When the face looks back at itself/ from the mirror, what does it see? --- From “First One, Then the Other” by Luisa A. Iglo...