Tagged: music
on the surface, für
on the surface, für
elise does not make a splash,
opting to reflect
our tiniest deviations,
a simple sophistication
.
20220323:1946
y
our neighbor who gets
our neighbor who gets
up at four a.m. to take
calls with a global
workforce is most likely a
baritone, reaching for our sleep
.
20220215:0511
y
crisscrossing the court-
crisscrossing the court-
yard, the sound of a solo
bamboo flute, mourning
.
20210924:2032
y
when one robin meets
when one robin meets
another robin, do their tastes
in songs ever clash?
.
20210918:1903
y
we will always stop
we will always stop
what we’re doing for the drum
solo – for rhyme or
rhythm, we lean in closer,
beating our own melodic tale
.
20210802:2207
y
listening to old
listening to old
taiwanese songs in mom’s kitchen,
reaching towards an
old ache, real and imagined,
melancholy in our bones
.
20210624:1824
y
stacking cucumbers
stacking cucumbers
for pickling – meditation
in the key of spring
.
20210526:2008
y
this morning, i un-
this morning, i un-
plugged the instant pot before
twisting off its top.
you scold me for being careless –
you are stifling its song
.
20210403:2338
y
even in the key
even in the key
of hopelessness, we listen for
a cymbal of hope
.
20210122:2251
y
there’s something soothing
there’s something soothing
playing over the airwaves
as democracy
struggles to survive – both sides
of one coin feeling justified
.
20210106:2008
y