dickinson and the alabaster gogyohka

by Desmond Kon Zhicheng-Mingdé

that they may move home
northeast and beyond their fears
the only thing they need fear

how one’s wish is another –

she takes of his book
another suspension –

she will pot the dead violets
she will let him down
not here, not with lover’s bail

this deep reliance deepened
another rift, its splinter
another purchased something

another essaying of
what lyric issues

one more couplet to lay down

From: 
Subliminal Interiors




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ABOUT THE POET ~
Desmond Kon Zhicheng-Mingdé has edited more than ten books and co-produced three audio books. The titles span the genres of ethnography, journalism, creative nonfiction, and poetry, several edited pro bono for non-profit organizations including Sok Sabay Cambodia, Riding for the Disabled Association, and the National Volunteer & Philanthropy Centre. Previously an entertainment and lifestyle journalist, Desmond has traveled to Australia, France, Hong Kong and Spain for his stories, culminating in the authorship of the limited edition Top Ten TCS Stars for Caldecott Publishing. Trained in book publishing at Stanford University, with a theology masters (world religions) from Harvard University and fine arts masters (creative writing) from the University of Notre Dame, he is the recipient of the Hiew Siew Nam Academic Award, and Singapore Internationale Grant, with his poetry and fiction appearing in nine chapbooks, various anthologies, and over 140 literary journals. An interdisciplinary artist, Desmond also works in clay, his ceramic works housed in museums and private collections in India, the Netherlands, the UK and the US.


Last updated May 31, 2011