Chen-ou Liu Poems

no sound in the black and white
Rodney King beating video
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Trayvon Martin Day
Justice and Peace painted
in black and white
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autumn mist
a Bach fugue played
on the saw
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veggie dumplings...
I wrap myself
in her scent
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Moon Festival
alone, I whisper to myself
in my mother tongue
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suddenly awake
to see a sharp sickle
hanging low
in the winter sky...
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after surgery
both of us said nothing...
her red bra
in the corner of my mind
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Chinese New Year
on the TV screen...
I whisper of home
in a voice
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