Mekong I
River as sift
and sorter
Raw fruits and sell the wares
"Floating market"
Stone pebble sand
The silt and new islands
There were 9 months
9 dragons but they change
as the letter is a triangle
She could be seen as
swan or generalized white
bird Goddess that ate the earth
How to strand become
mangroves stranded
and braid your oiled hair
Vivid swoops that coil
a mouth and canal steered
Row from here to there
Birthday Poem
Illuminated behind a skin
a grey the sky with fat
fast slants of snow
First Horse poet This is a birthday
poem squeaky underfoot
the snow and Jeannine's cookies
I drive husbands and fathers
to early deaths Push the knife
into the cake to cut it
Me the supposed bringer of ruin
(money) Covered in fondant and
violet flowers
It's my birthday My eyes are older
Leave
Mouth A pictured lip
in a kiss What it leaves
out
Cloaking your mouth
with your hands to say
no more breathing you in
Gather the firm clever thing
from the moment looking away
and the weather quiet
with the turning book
Bark of the trees
you love then leave
Redbud
Live Oak
Hackberry
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H O A N G U Y E N
Violent Energy Ingots
Wave Books 2016
