Introductions are always so long

Hi my name is Martin Yes I am Chinese, I was born in Toronto, Canada. I moved when I was 3 years old to Rhode Island in the United States. Yes, Rhode Island is a state, rather the smallest state. It takes about 20 minutes to drive anywhere from the capital in Providence. No my…

But Don’t Leave Me Be

Was I the man clothed in white whose robe trailed behind me each thread so frayed and sordid? Or would you gainsay my feelings and declare them to be fallaciousWe've swept it underneath the carpet a behemoth crown I spotted a deer yesterday shouldered my rifle and shot sound ricochet off treesIt foreshadowed my coming…

O me O Life

O Me! O Life!Walt Whitmen O me! O life!... of the questions of these recurring; Of the endless trains of the faithless--of cities fill'd with the foolish; Of myself forever reproaching myself, (for who more foolish than I, and who more faithless?) Of eyes that vainly crave the light--of the objects mean--of the struggle ever…

Park bench

wrote this for one of my classes--   Watching these trees bud A gust of wind Softer--than heavier Sifts through my hair And we hear a broken laugh Cold, unheeding, unquestionable   Strolling in pajamas Gray clouds over head Cold temperatures Windy and spitting   Green, warn flip flops wilted and wet Speed walking---one step---another…

Where to go from here

So I guess this blog has become something more for myself, more than anything. I've been writing lots of poetry because it provides for me a creative outlet on life. And often I talk to friends about my day, so that no longer has become a priority with Xanga here. Nor has my xanga every…

A Good Night

I dreamt last night that I could part the cloudsbut found myself patted down and contain by men with sticksAnd that golden cross being carried by those gray rollerswhat a glass room and they thought I was a liar oh they handed me over to the crowdOh they beat me down and they shouted for…

Multiple things

There are multiple things on my mind right now. One of them namely is the earthquake in Italy. I guess it surprises me that I barely heard this natural disaster from anyone in my college, professors, students, no one  really told me about it. The 5.5 magnitude earthquake happened 2 days ago"More than 200 people…

Oh let us dance

If your intelligence and wisdom could come and this foolishness would be made known Could we become raw and freshly cut Or this emotion could be genuinea transformation catalysis cathartic words laced with dance we were in the incubator all along growing slowly, breathing slowly yeast rising bread, bellows exhalea delicate changeling, a featherless fledgling…