Poetry Collections

There are currently two (2) active collections.

Each collection of poetry follows a sequential, numbered order.

However, any poem can be experienced alone.

Trespasses Forgive Us - This collection contains 59 poems. Gathering threads from the fabric of the United States (US), Trespasses Forgive Us weaves a portrait of a nation. Themes of love, deserts, identification, myth, flowers, inheritance, news, feathers, fires, media, violence, industry, and spirituality are harnessed and imagined in the writer’s perception of voices in this nation. The soul of a nation writhes in Trespasses Forgive Us, seeking forgiveness, and realizing strength, while demonstrating the spirit and inherent power alive in actions, wrong or otherwise. This collection is a deep love story that comes almost into form, and in a figurative, untouchable sense, portrays a plea for belonging in, and love for, a country.

TO PREPARE

- Mama said,

"If you are new to the writing, to the author, the book,

or the work,

take something from the beginning, then move swiftly

at the middle, where the soul sits, and get from there.

After, peek

at the end, where lessons push for light.

And this way, returning to the beginning, you'll have

some concept of the journey,

an idea of our path."

  1. Red Ribbon

  2. Dirt

  3. Apollo's

  4. Old Gossip

  5. Vegas Lights - October 1st, 2017

  6. Dinner

  7. The Walk

  8. Watch

  9. Nothing Will Take You

  10. Canyon Deep

  11. Typeface

  12. Asked

  13. Desert

  14. Bright

  15. Stat

  16. Honored

  17. Jesus Cole

  18. Walls

  19. Abraham of Paha Sapa

  20. Abraham the Ruin

  21. Sacrifice Moses

  22. Hear Tell

  23. News

  24. Metis Eats

  25. Class

  26. Trails

  27. Feather

  28. Fair Ground

  29. Choices

  30. Sodom And

  31. Blooming Cross

  32. Flag

  33. Exhibit

  34. Ghost Worship - November 5th, 2017

  35. Tis of Thee

  36. From

  37. 40

  38. Born Here

  39. Glimpses

  40. Left Over

  41. Come Down

  42. Seasoning

  43. Baucis and Philemon, Again

  44. Captain

  45. Buses

  46. Fontanelle

  47. Poetry

  48. Chosen Separate

  49. Glimmer

  50. Stars

  51. Shine

  52. Rituals

  53. Language

  54. Arabesque

  55. Grand

  56. Da-Nah-Wah'uwsdi

  57. Blankets

  58. Industry

  59. A Number

Field of Red - This collection contains 25 poems. Field of Red juxtaposes the perspective of an American Asian with the perspectives of tradition and heritage in China. We read from young to old, of the fundamental separations of tradition that occur when tradition encounters the soft erosion brought on by a global future. China is ancient in its recorded history, and its cultural roots are buried deep in cultivated visions of philosophy, art and beauty, energy and flow. The collection begins in old memories, carrying the reader through a cultural revolution in filtered, present experiences of ancient wisdom.

Field or Red

  1. QI LAI: get up; rise to one's feet

  2. Strings

  3. Splash

  4. TU DI: genius loci; land, soil; territory; ground

  5. HUI LAI: return; come back

  6. Morin Khuur

  7. Heritage Music

  8. XIAN DAI: modern (of times); contemporary

  9. Chinese Flower

  10. HAI WAI: overseas; abroad

  11. Brush

  12. XIN WEN: news

  13. Karaoke

  14. In Revolution

  15. Mobile Platform

  16. SHU FA: penmanship; calligraphy

  17. KAI GUANG: consecration

  18. Sky

  19. Bombyx

  20. Chicken Blood Seal

  21. AYI: mother's sister, aunt, auntie

  22. Stroke Order

  23. SHUI: water, river

  24. TUI NA: massage; Tui: push; shove, Na: hold, take; seize

  25. YI QI: in the same place; together; in company; in all