for naturalized Canadians
before the ceremony
I stand in front of the mirror…
my Chinese self
here in yesterday's dream
gone in today's mist
German Translation by Tony Böhle
für eingebürgerte Kanadier
vor der Zeremonie
stehe ich vor dem Spiegel…
mein chinesisches Ich
hier aus den Träumen von Gestern
gegangen in den Nebel von Heute
Featured Poet, Einunddreissig, November 2015
Special Feature: Selected Poems on Donald Trump's Attacks on Pope Leo XIV
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*We are growing accustomed to violence, resigning ourselves to it, and
becoming indifferent, indifferent to the deaths of thousands of people.*
-- Pope Leo...
