"Tiger Balm" and "porcelain percussion" by Kitty Cheung
/Ma despises
when I use my chopsticks to drum
tea cup, saucer, and bowl flipped upside down
despises my dim sum dishware concerts
clink clang clack
Read MoreMa despises
when I use my chopsticks to drum
tea cup, saucer, and bowl flipped upside down
despises my dim sum dishware concerts
clink clang clack
Read MoreTwo poems by Charlotte Nip, "Funerals are for the living" and "I drink wine sometimes," accompanied by illustration by Allison Eng.
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Illustration by Allison Eng.
David Ly is the author of Mythical Man, which was shortlisted for the 2021 ReLit Poetry Award. His sophomore poetry collection, Dream of Me as Water, is forthcoming in 2022. David is the Poetry Editor at This Magazine, part of the Anstruther Press Editorial Collective, and a Poetry Manuscript Consultant with The Writers’ Studio at SFU. You can find him on Twitter and Instagram.
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