Dai, Chengdu
How old are you?
She looked up at me and
asked,
a girl name Xio Xio
that translated into
Nepali
would mean—
Apple Apple!
She came from Chengdu,
the region known, she
announced
for apples,
pandas and beautiful
elegant woman.
I have been to Nepal,
she added, and spent time
in the mountain
and learnt few words in
Nepali.
Her eyes shone like black
birds
in the white nest of her
singing face.
I looked at her
slender waist and noticed
a gold-spangled ring
with a tiny lotus dangling
out of it.
She bent backwards
shaking her long hair
falling like a dark
waterfall
on her marble shoulders.
You must be a Dai
then,
an elder brother, she
said,
I was wondering
how to address you.
Edited by Paul Nash, Denise La Neve, Susanna Rich, John J.
Trause, and David Messineo.
The Poets of the Palisades shine in their third
anthology of new and memorable works — 142 poems from 80 poets. All have had
featured readings in the series sponsored by the North Jersey Literary
Community in Teaneck, NJ (founded 1997) and the High Mountain Meadow Poetry
Series in Wayne, NJ (founded 2017). For these tumultuous times of environmental
crisis, bad politics, pandemic, and unrest, the editors selected submitted
poems and arranged the best into eleven themed sections
These works, of our time, are on the verge, or, as editor
Paul Nash indicates, “In transition … about to change … at the point where
something may occur … in anticipation … to extend outward toward the unknown …
nearing the likely or inevitable attainment of some state of being … to
approach a barrier, boundary or portal … at an event horizon … crossing a
permeable membrane … to reach the outer margins of something different or
unexpected.”
POETS AND ARTISTS IN THIS ANTHOLOGY: Joel Allegretti, Renée
Ashley, Donna Baier Stein, Amy Barone, John Barrale, Caterina Belvedere, Norma
Ketzis Bernstock, Michael McKeown Bondhus, Laura Boss, Theresa Burns, Laurie
Byro, Kevin Carey, Cathy Cavallone, John Chorazy, David Crews, Jessica de
Koninck, Erica Desmond, Catherine Doty, Juditha Dowd, Sandra Duguid, Jane
Ebihara, James C. Ellerbe, R.G. Evans, Tom Fitzpatrick, Ellen Foos, Laura
Freedgood, Davidson Garrett, Deborah Gerrish, Henry Gerstman, Suzanne Gili
Post, George Guida, Barbara Hall, Therése Halscheid, Patrick Hammer Jr., Karen
Hubbard, Pamela Hughes, Josh Humphrey, Paul Kuszcyk, Vasiliki Katsarou, Tina
Kelley, Adele Kenny, Janet Kolstein, Elaine Koplow, Denise La Neve, Susanna
Lee, Joel Lewis, Timothy Liu, Roy Lucianna, Mary Makofske, Charlotte Mandel,
Maria Mazziotti Gillan, David Messineo, Marilyn Mohr, Gene Myers, Paul Nash,
James B. Nicola, Priscilla Orr, Wayne Pierson, Tom Plante, Jennifer Poteet,
Morton D. Rich, Susanna Rich, Denise Rue, Alison Ruth, Brett Rutherford,
Yuyutsu Sharma, Danny Shot, Carole Stone, Heather Strazza, John J. Trause,
Doris Umbers, David F. Vincenti, Emily Vogel, BJ Ward, Galen Warden, Joe Weil,
Barbara R. Williams-Hubbard, George Witte, Dave Worrell, Anton Yakovlev, David
Yazzi, Michael T. Young, Donald Zirilli, Sander Zulauf.
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