Tag Archives: poetry

March 9, 2016 · 10:49 AM

Poetic Interlude: Pity Parting

Not

edgy
disciplined
savvy
traditional
ambitious
connected
radical
persistent

Enough.

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Tagged as confidence, false dichotomies, pep talk, pity, poetry, writing

February 15, 2016 · 10:00 AM

Poetic Interlude: Special Announcement

I’m thrilled to announce that my first published poem, “Tract Home Take Down” has found a home in the debut issue of Angels Flight • literary west, a new magazine dedicated to celebrating the complex realities of Los Angeles and the artists who live and work here.

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Filed under Contemporary, Meta, Nostalgia, Power, Racism, Wordplay

Tagged as Angels flight literary west, deconstruction, Japanese internment, Los Angeles, neighborhoods, poetry, tract home take down

December 17, 2015 · 12:27 PM

Poetic Interlude: Imminent Deluge

Iridescent clouds cresting mountaintops

Made ominous

Simile defiant

Drifting ever toward

Dissipation

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Tagged as clouds, drought, mountains, nature, poetry, rain

September 18, 2015 · 10:51 AM

Poetic Interlude: Anticipation

Anticipation

Pomegranate ripening

High and rosy out the window

Promising the coming Fall

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Tagged as anticipation, fall, Old Testament, original sin, poetry, pomegranate, window

July 8, 2015 · 8:03 AM

Poetic Interlude: On Guilt

Guilt, whatever

its pigmentation

or lack thereof

Cannot heal wounds

of any depth

Does not pay bills

accumulating

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Tagged as guilt, poetry, privilege, reparations, white guilt