Between Two Rivers

On the Eights

For WCBS (880 AM).

Corona, Queens.
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August 26, 2024

driving, journalism, local, New York, personal essay, Prose, radio, traffic, WCBS, weather
Fresh Meadows

In Queens, NY.

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August 26, 2024

family, memory, New York, nostalgia, Poetry, Queens
The Hollow Forest

On the changes to come.

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August 25, 2024

autumn, changes, death, dVerse, haibun, leaves, nature, Poetry, trees
Wonder

In Edison, NJ.

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August 24, 2024

Cantonese, Chinese food, dragon, family, lunch, New Jersey, phoenix, Poetry
Enigma

A portal into the unknown.
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August 23, 2024

mystery, neighbors, Poetry, walls, windows
Resurrection

Another rising.
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August 22, 2024

daybreak, phoenix, Poetry, restlessness, sleep
Eating the Moon

With thanks to dVerse for the prompt.

Homemade pineapple moon cakes (鳳梨酥).
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August 21, 2024

cakes, pineapples, Poetry
Exit

With thanks to dVerse for the prompt.

Sunset on the New Jersey Turnpike. Image source: Wikimedia Commons (uploaded by user Famartin).
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August 20, 2024

Cantonese, dVerse, love, Music, Poetry, quadrille, Shirley Kwan, Teddy Robin
Garden State

Picking things apart. In Manalapan, NJ.

Yellow nectarines at the Battleview Orchards.
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August 19, 2024

fruit picking, history, New Jersey, peaches, place, Prose
Rivers

On motion and momentum.

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August 18, 2024

center, current, life, momentum, motion, movement, Poetry, reflection, river, self