A few years back/ I was on the A train/ Along with the rest of the passengers/ And I was staring at the view/ And this lady came on the train/ And greeted the passengers/ And made an announcement.
Tag: poem
Brooklyn!
When I exit the sauna below the ground at Utica Avenue/ My first experience of Brooklyn is gray and ashy,/ With a dazzling duet rainbow./ Perhaps Brooklyn’s way to say “Hello.”
My Mother’s Lap
She is the Buddha of my home/ the color of kindness, yellow,/ turned red blood/ to white breast milk/ and lavender.
Sunflower Sanctuary
I feel sadness and disappointment, there is only emptiness inside me so I am going to the field, my sunflower field. Not far away from my sanctuary, I smell the early sunflower seeds, And hear the melodic singing of birds. There are jays’ soft chirping and ouzels’ sonorous singing, I am nearby. I walk up …
I Really Like Writing
I wrote about summer vacation in the sixth grade./ My teacher told me to be a writer./ I “put it in a file and locked it away.”
Learning to Succeed
I am telling you that when I arrived here I was in doubt. Now you can understand what I am talking about. Seeing your face makes me explain, the way of learning is not a game. Gladys says, “Commas come first, and periods come after.” David has a smile. I can’t explain. Gladys says, “It …
Mirror
A mirror is an ordinary thing,/ but not for me./ When I look at it, it is time for me to face myself./ I talk to my other self behind the cold surface,/ to my best friend whose life I share.
The Dark Truth
It’s so easy to tell someone a lie/ It’s so easy to say I love you from the lips./ It’s so easy to make false promises./ But to say the dark truth, sometimes we lose friends, we lose loved ones,/ The world may turn their back on us.
Haikus About My Town
This orange autumn picks up its fruits and its leaves. Views of bare vineyards. Some roasted chestnuts are sold at a corner stand. Warm smell of firewood. Children run around enjoying a fearless time. Catch the ball and move. Coats and umbrellas cover the streets of color. Listen to the rain. A bowl of hot …
Dear Russia
Dear Russia,/ You are so powerful and so huge./ You are located on two continents./ You are washed by two oceans./ You are the largest country in the world.
We, Called Immigrants
the planet is called earth/ today I live in it/ there was no owner/ who said we are men/ women or humans/ arrogant or not/ I decided to be/ I am a Citizen of the World
Soul Shattered
I’ve been broken down within an inch of my life, Karma has stabbed me with the sharpest knife. I’ve lost the essence of who I was, Played with the devil and ended up in his jaws Fought many battles that left my soul bleeding, Like a warrior, never gave up and ended up winning, But …
I Stop for a Second
I stop for a second/ and I delight in the flashes/ of my aspirations, but then/ day by day, the demanding society/ chains me, enslaves me,/ to allow me to live in it.