Ventomology

I LOVE LOVE LOVE this formatting! The cuts over the picture, the way the first line of the last verse falls along what miiight be a little side trail. And ...

16 | 媽媽你有沒有空? April 5, 1:38 PM In your last message, you could have dropped the 報到. 天氣預報 implies the verb on its own. April 5, 1:57 PM OK. Are ...

15 | 五穀米 The spicy tang of kimchi’s got me hungry This tofu soup was so hard to obtain I only wanted one time to feel nostalgia I only want ...

14 | Sunday Sonnet #2 The trouble started mid-September last, when my apartment’s boiler was turned on. I found myself awake at crack of dawn, when by all rights I ...

13 | Flex Day (part one) The moment I sign up for Saturday work, I’m already dreaming of Flex Day. From MLKJ Day to Mem-Day in May, my singular respite ...

12 | Speak Carefully Three ‘wen’s to know: wén, wěn, wèn. Keep their meanings in your ken. Wén (tone two) is ‘hear’ or ‘smell.’ Context here will serve you well. ...

11 | Twenty-Five On my birthday, Sayed hands me a fancy cookie. “Happy quarter-life crisis,” he says. Five dollars, fruity frosting, firm, crumbly bite. He’d better be right.

10 Every project passes faster than the last. Brilliance of craft? Or did I bury my head and let the time just pass? @Spearmint thank you!! Yeah I didn't really ...

Great job y'all!

Sunday Sonnet #1 I know the price I’ll pay tomorrow when I rise but I worked yesterday and haven’t felt the prize of two whole days of rest so God, ...

8 阿媽，我愛你。 請你不吩我來 到台灣跟我的 非常俊男朋友。 我沒有男朋友。 我不找男朋友。 我不要男朋友。 你想要我找到 一個男朋友嗎？ 你可以

Love love LOVE the cloud-gazing poem! What a fantastic example of concrete poetry. And a Shakespearean sonnet! Your iambs are lovely, and I think it's so nice that instead of ...

Wow this really brought me back to my band days! I love the incorporation of counting and subdivision and just the use of so many evocative sound words in general. ...

7 | Just got a book of William Carlos Williams stuff from the library I should eat the pineapple that is in the fridge and which I probably should have ...

Brevity is the soul of wit! There is so much packed in to each of these. They are such a delight. I love the "tryingtobesummer" word.