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Mông-Lan

Poetry

Autumn 2005

Bangkok: City Streets

By Mông-Lan

The silk maker walked into the forest & never returned    ▪ ▪Making love to you natural clean Did you think to bring happiness? Morning's burgeoning mass— how rare it is to […]

Poetry

Autumn 2005

Bangkok: Royalty

By Mông-Lan

O incongruous city! Bangkok roars with a bang! Disco Elephants—O king of the forest You walk with feet pounding city cement the world's weight on you beggars the destitute    ▪ ▪Ogling […]

Poetry

Summer 2002

why is the edge always windy?

By Mông-Lan

at Phromthep Cape, the edge of the world, my dress unloosened—                                    wind ripped along the coast             drove along until it lifted                          & we drove on jeep                                                        around the roar's extremities […]

Poetry

Summer/Fall 1999

Ravine

By Mông-Lan

        as they come        through the endless branchings of rooms after bronze Chinese coins are cast    strange heat of silences        you stand doused in sleep       the back of your neck               is […]

Poetry

Summer/Fall 1999

Grotto

By Mông-Lan

Vinh Ha Long (Bay of the Landing Dragon), Tonkin Gulf             The rower  gaunt as his oar        lets us out  conscious               of not getting his 5,000 dong he stands  ankles in […]

Poetry

Summer/Fall 1999

Field

By Mông-Lan

   Crows land like horses’ neighs        rush of rocks  how many buffalos   does it take to plow a disaster?          how many women to clean             up the mess?  the mass of […]