I DIDN’T LEAVE YOUR MOTHER This is a difficult section of Love Imagined to write because I have to imagine a father I don’t know. I was five when my mom and dad divorced. Dad would drive down the alley once a week, honk the car horn, and wait for …
LOVE IMAGINED: memoir of a Chinese Black Girl Passing for White in South Scandinavian Minneapolis When we talk about the witness in our verse, we talk about you. A pure heart and a noble demeanor cannot compete with your radiant face. They will ask you what you have produced. Say …
Sometimes I do “Google” myself to see if I’m visible. Sometimes I am surprised that someone has reviewed one of my books. I appreciate and learn from book reviews. Michael Tsang made the following comment, something I had never thought about: ” The best poem of the collection is the …
I’m looking for poems to critique for June! For detailed information, click on Get a Critique of Your Poem Valerie’s response to critique of her poem is in purple **************************************************** Valerie, I like how your poem questions whether the narrator is a “crazy girl” while at the same time …
