Poetry in the Moment

Against the Drowning Noise of Other Words , CCLXVII:  "Israelis leaving in record numbers" I turn, turning back  to see Tel Aviv’s...

"Name, country of birth, place of birth, date of birth, sex, marital status, ...," the Immigration Officer fires out question afte...

“Name, country of birth, place of birth, date of birth, sex, marital status,”  the Immigration Officer fires out question after question, tr...

rose-fingered dawn slips through the skyline of Toronto a songbird and I  bring news of spring PoemHunter, March 31 2022

In my recurring dream, a man shaped like a Henry Moore sculpture lies at the foot of the Toronto skyline. Red and black  slashes cut the sk...

Toronto settles into a nocturnal rhythm ... face to face in the attic room with my Chinese self Haiku Canada Review, 9:1, February 201...

third day since the attack I turn in bed waiting for the sun to reach the CN Tower NeverEnding Story, April 25, 2018 Note: The CN Tower ...

his bedside table stacked with Chinese magazines ... at twilight a snow-covered nursing home on the Toronto Islands Kokako, 25, 2016

The last time I visited my parents in Taipei, I strolled through Da An, an affluent leafy residential district known for its prominent un...

a pool of blood on the Toronto street ... in his hand a golden pocket watch set to Beijing time Iris, 2015

after writing class the four of us depart into the dark pencil towers pierce the Toronto sky Iris, 2015

this sultry night I juggle past with present ... CN Tower and Taipei 101 fusing into one phallus NeverEnding Story, March 26, 2015

for new immigrants flying above the light and murmur of Formosa the airplane carries my immigrant dream Toronto settles into a noct...

the blue haze that is Toronto lies before me in the distance: a new home, and yet ... Sonic Boom, 1, December 2014

A Tanka Sequence moonstruck Nostalgia gains momentum leapfrogging from Taiwan to Toronto I'm its colonial subject my dog seems ...

A man shaped like a Henry Moore sculpture lies at the foot of the Toronto skyline. Red and black slashes cut the sky above him. A Meeting P...

moonstruck Nostalgia gains momentum leapfrogging from Taiwan to Toronto I’m its colonial subject Bright Stars, III, 2014

ten-lide ticket to Toronto ... in the booth what did you say echoing and echoing I try to speak like you in order to be able to ...

they claim Toronto means "meeting place" in Huron... "foreign credential" tastes good on the know-it-all's tongue Po...

daikon peeled, pork belly washed and salted, carrots chopped... the taste of my childhood in a Toronto kitchen Atlas Poetica, 15, July 201...