Poet Nathan Hassall's "Write a simple poem, my wife said, so I wrote a short one" transcends the small confines of its verbiage into the enormity of universal divinity.
Tag: Poem
A Year of Kō: 17th Sekki
17th Sekki poems by BOB RAMA, COLEMAN DAVIS and SHAOMEI YU
Shaomei Yu – The Closed Door
Chinese-American poet Shaomei Yu reflects on loss and transition with Zen-like sparseness in her poem "The Closed Door".
Claudia Kessel – Samsara
In her epic "Samsara", poet Claudia Kessel leans the ancient tenants of Buddhism against the gritty reality of the 21st Century.
A Year of Kō: 16th Sekki
16th Sekki poems by COLEMAN DAVIS, MADISON WILLIAMS and SHAOMEI YU
Bob Rama – Ascetic Aesthetics
Translator and poet Bob Rama shines a little candlelight on ascetic renunciation in his pleasingly-titled poem "Ascetic Aesthetics".
Emily Tong – Girlhood Ghazal
Using the ancient poetic form of the ghazal, Asian-American poet Emily Tong searches for home in her "Girlhood Ghazal".
A Year of Kō: 15th Sekki
15th Sekki poems by SHAOMEI YU, COLEMAN DAVIS AND NADINE LEITSO
Riley Danvers – [Soma]tic
Oregon poet Riley Danvers reveals what it means to be human in a painful state of flux in her avant-garde [Soma]tic.
Phach Huynh – Traces
Ho Chi Minh City poet Phach Huynh reveals all the stories and presences which are held in the lonely silences with his masterful "Traces".