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a variation on Mei Yao-ch’en for Qiaoen traveling in China: this little boat

May 31, 2020 / zdunno03 / 2 Comments

this little boat
out to sea
and you
sitting on a cushion
on the deck
your almost naked body
basking in the sun
a hand cupping breast
your uplifted face
open to the light
awaits the morning

in answer to Su Tung-p’o new year’s wish: no holding on

January 1, 2020 / zdunno03 / 11 Comments

there is no holding on
to the night before
dawn breaks
as dawn always does
and we find another year
has passed beyond our grip
older, yes
wiser, maybe
but facing another year
long as before
with whatever hope
we can muster
to get through
all the nights
and dawns
ahead

oh little boat

December 29, 2019 / zdunno03 / 7 Comments

have courage
oh little boat
riding the current
on this raging river
heading out
to sea

from an image in a poem of Liu Tsung-yuan: puny wings

October 15, 2019 / zdunno03 / 1 Comment

these weary arms
are like puny wings
flapping ceaselessly
in a vain attempt
to reach heaven

following Li Shang-yin’s bluebird

May 19, 2019 / zdunno03 / 7 Comments

there the path
there that bird
that leads the way
oh to follow
over brambles through bush
a clear sky overhead
and hope residing
in these weary bones
in this worn heart

that new horizon

April 20, 2019 / zdunno03 / 10 Comments

rain rain
wash away
the dust from my clothes
the dust clinging still
to my eyes
let me walk clean
toward that new horizon
I see

anticipation

January 26, 2019 / zdunno03 / Leave a comment

the morning
holds promise
that the night
can fulfill

limping along

December 18, 2018 / zdunno03 / 8 Comments

between joy
and despair
stands hope
limping along
toward tomorrow

ah sunshine

September 26, 2018 / zdunno03 / 2 Comments

ah sunshine
my arms ache
for your warmth
come fill me
sunshine
I am open
waiting for you

hope in the heart

July 19, 2018 / zdunno03 / 2 Comments

rise in the mornings
hope in the heart
a second a third chance
to overcome the obstacles
we stumbled against
in our yesterdays

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I'm a writer and an educator living in Istanbul, Turkey. I currently have two books published by Austin Macauley Publishers (Istanbul Days, Istanbul Nights & Rizzo's World) in the UK and three others (Night & Day, Wooing Wu, and Harry) available through amazon.com as kindles. Another mystery novel was translated into Turkish available through a publisher in Turkey. That's me as the writer. Currently I work independently as a coach/consultant in Turkey. Before this, I was a coach/consultant for managers at Petkim Petrol/Chemical Company in Izmir. I've also been the director of English language programs at five different colleges/universities: two in my native NY and three in Istanbul. That's me as the educator. I have two masters: an MFA in Creative Writing from Bowling Green University (why oh why oh why-o, did I ever go to Ohio?) and an MA in TESOL (Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages) from Columbia University. And besides all that, I once managed a shoe store, a warehouse, owned a literary bookstore called Intellectuals & Liars in Santa Monica, CA, worked as a professional boy scout, wrote advertising copy for radio, did summer stock as an actor, clerked in a food co-op, was a busboy for a day at Ziggy's Kosher Restaurant, sold vacuum cleaners at Gimbels, was a green attendant at Cypress Hills Cemetery and so on.

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