POETRY PACIFIC

                        POETRY PACIFIC [Vol. 13, 2024 edition] Cover art by Helena Qi Hong

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Cliff Dweller        One palm   and both arches   slapping rungs,   mother’s rhythm       of ascent.       The child      cocooned      to h...

At The Cemetery Her headstone whispered with a voice made of  memory. Dried Flowers After hours spent with our girls in the sun their should...

  a gentle sorrowing no freedom from this moon of the day the moon did not rise the universe in you Bionote Edward Lee's poetry, short s...

Artist's Statement I began painting desert scenes and jungles as I was fascinated by these when my mother took me to visit friends in th...

READ ME, LOVE Read my eyes,   mirrors of my soul, my joyful heart you tenderly hold, my lips repeating forever love you, my kiss, my touch f...

Every Youthful Moment Paving his own Road, never backing                                             Down, He does what he wants, How he wan...

In the Detritus and Duff (after alcohol poisoning) So sick     soul sick     fear fear and trembling self quite self-murdered self a flayed ...

Dawn at Halape Oasis The night has worn out.  It was my blanket and consolation.  Whenever I opened my eyes, the dark was thick with night s...

DEPRESSION From the far lonely reaches of my fears, Incubating from the blackness below Depression stirs, that carrion crow An obscene shape...

Lake Patzcuaro: Before All Saints' Eve on Janitzio Island The lake where fishermen catch light in butterfly nets. Shadows sit on the sun...

Night Walk Down a Narrow Street —   Don’t confront me with my failures                                                                I had ...

Dust Desert dwellers learn to live with dust--on lamps, floors, countertops, shelves. Dust breezes under windows and around doors. These par...

Kingdom of Gauze A frothed fog enshrouds the loud melodies of these woods: pileateds’ sniggering, the squawks and meows of crow and catbird....

Eh lease be aware That the earth doesn't care About your despair Nor your petty wares Or whatever it is you have to share Water Wells Yo...

  devoted  enticing fifelity Artist's Statement Here are a couple of egg tempera pictures I made. I hope you like them. Bionote Michael ...

Shelter Birds fluff their feathers, bugs crawl beneath curved leaves; small woodland creatures peer out of the holes in their hollowed out t...

SELF-PORTRAIT / Native American poet in the mirror still naming the ingredients in his face, so predominant are the flavors of wind and juni...