Summer solstice has come and gone. I feel relief at the slow lengthening of night even though the hottest, driest months are still ahead. Coastal California’s June gloom gentles the mornings with a…| narinda heng
I am awake at an unusually late hour on this longest night of the year. It is winter solstice, and everywhere are messages of rest and quiet. I believe in rest. I believe in quiet. I believe in the…| narinda heng
I’ve made another chapbook. There was a hiccup in my annual practice in 2023. As there was in 2011. Both year of the rabbit/cat in Chinese astrology. Curious what 2035 will bring. gently, gently (2…| narinda heng
how long untilthe walls crumble every single climberexerts their human-size forceon the fissures, minute ledges,strangely gaping pocketsof the rock face how many millenniasince the boulderbroke fro…| narinda heng
“In the Wake of Home” Excerpt10. What if I told you your homeis this continent of the homeless of children sold______taken by forcedriven from their mothers’ landkilled by their mothers to save from capture—this continent of changed names and mixed-up bloodof languages tabooeddiasporas unrecordedundocumented refugeesunderground railroads______trails of tearsWhat if I tell you your homeis this … Continue reading “this planet of warworn children”| narinda heng