Between Two Rivers

Eidola

On reunion and remembrance. After Mark Strand.

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July 10, 2024

conversation, dVerse, eidolon, ferryman, memory, mourning, Poetry, remembrance, reunion, river
Homecoming (II)

On ‘home’ and its many attachments. With thanks to dVerse for the prompt, and to the many, many friends who made my life abroad so rewarding.

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July 9, 2024

America, attachment, Belgium, dVerse, home, homecoming, memory, names, nostalgia, Poetry
Gardening

On the poetics of cultivation. After Jennifer Chang and Wang Ping.

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July 9, 2024

America, ancestry, Belgium, displacement, family, gardening, Hong Kong, immigration, moving, New Jersey, New York, Poetry, roots
Consultation

A quadrille on making mistakes. With thanks to dVerse for the prompt.
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July 8, 2024

carbs, crabs, crustacean, doctor, dVerse, light verse, Poetry, quadrille, shellfish
Downstate

In Hudson, New York.

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July 8, 2024

America, downstate, Hudson, New York, Poetry, river, town, travel, village
Sunset on the Adirondacks

In Burlington, Vermont.

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July 7, 2024

Adirondacks, Burlington, geology, history, landscape, mountains, nature, New York, poetics, Poetry, sunset, Vermont
Backroads

On looking back and moving forward. Written en route from Québec to Vermont.

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July 6, 2024

Canada, guardian angel, Lake Champlain, memory, Poetry, Prose, prose poetry, Québec, travel, Vermont
Dans ce coin du monde

Quatre poèmes tentatives écrit à la Ville de Québec.

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July 5, 2024

Cantonese, citadel, family, français, francophone Canada, French, neighbors, Poetry, Québec, restaurant, Vietnamese food
Couleur de ma poétique

Au Jardin Botanique de Montréal. / At the Botanical Garden in Montréal.

Lac des rêves, dans le Jardin botanique.
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July 4, 2024

botanical gardens, color, français, French, Montréal, poetics, Poetry, space
At the Musée des Beaux-Arts

Three poems. In Montréal.

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July 3, 2024

art, Flanders, forms, Montréal, Musée des Beaux-Arts, Poetry, sphere