Asian Outlook | Spring 2018 Issue #1

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(Wikimedia Commons) Agrostis hyemalis drawing

Poems

By Michael Angelo

“Why I Never Did” To see that whole heart in most candid of colors To see that face bleed back into the masses To see that fantasy shatter (ever so fragile in shards)

(Pexels) Light

Is to see my heart bleed, stabbed with reality

“The Dancer in the Dark” A Haiku In the dark she shines In the light she fades away When can she be seen?

(Public Domain Pictures) Liquid

“Cold Sheets” Waken wanting warmth Feel cold sheets Wet pillow

1 bamboo ceiling 2 banana 3 coolie 4 yellow peril 5 fresh off the boats 6 sticky floor 7 chinaman 8 oriental 9 chink 10 twinkie

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