Pingjiang Road
平江路 Ash Dean Moonlight seeps into the hutong old clothing still hangs out lovers separate at the canal bridge early april mosquito buzz past soft cheek flesh a man with a cart singing Lychee Lychee Lychee Spring a thousand years long new fruit tomorrow then the monsoon 4 April 2012 Suzhou China Requests For my love, Ji Young Four tiny incisions in the pericardium A bento box prepared by mom at 5 am They never reveal everything about the contents of a dumpling My wife asks, “Why don’t you ever write a poem for me?” Some things once open are more than we can say 20 August 2013 Suzhou China |
About the author:
Ash Dean lives in Suzhou, China, where he teaches at a high school. He is in the MFA program at City University of Hong Kong. Currently he is working on a Literary Arts Installation Project about the 1993 flood of the Mississippi and Missouri rivers entitled The Circular River. |