NOW ~

 

Meet One of Hong Kong’s Last Remaining Pro-Democracy Activists

For Chan Po-ying, a labor rights leader, life is one of constant police surveillance, even on hikes. But she finds solace from tiny gestures of support.

R E A D   M E

Billy H.C. Kwok for The New York Times

PHOEBE GIANNISI ~

 

Flutes

in a time of idleness,

when the tender breeze

Zephyr

blows and caresses

their cheeks,

they sit in the thick shade

of a rock.

drinking milk

or wine.

lulled by the rustle

of leaves

and the tiny song of the cicada.

carving wood

or whistling.

but the best flute

isn't made of wood

but from the bones

of an eagle.

to make this music

you first needed to learn

how to fly.

_______________________

Phoebe Giannisi

Chimera

New Directions 2024