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Immigrant journeys, A Trio of Stories (3) —Family Gifts and Legacies
Christmas. Finally.
Dec 24, 2025
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Immigrant journeys, A Trio of Stories (2) —Babylon, Again
In recurring dreams--and nightmares--I return to Babylon and the Chinese hand laundry on Main Street. What was real? What remains? What did I forget…
Dec 24, 2025
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Sharon Hom
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Immigrant journeys, A Trio of Stories (1) —Leaving Hong Kong
In a season of miracles, my holiday offering—a stocking stuffer— a trio of family stories, echoing other immigrant journeys, yet also unique. Universes…
Dec 21, 2025
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Sharon Hom
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Thanksgiving Redux
— one immigrant family’s story continues, and soy turkey resurfaces
Nov 27, 2025
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Sharon Hom
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Winter Triptych
for Chip, the bestest doggo
Nov 23, 2025
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Sharon Hom
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89 Seconds to Midnight
Can poetry slow the relentless ticking of the doomsday clock?
Nov 9, 2025
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Sharon Hom
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Fields of Loss
Closing a week of loss, this poem appeared, responding to a writing prompt from Lisa Jensen— what does the word ‘tractor’ evoke?
Oct 20, 2025
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Sharon Hom
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Weavers, Witches, Assassins--and a Haiku
Weaving. Dating back 12,000 years, a textile technique that interlaces two sets of threads—warp (vertical) and weft (horizontal)—at right angles on a…
Oct 11, 2025
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Sharon Hom
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Remember Upon Waking
Large dragonflies fill the air the swallows long gone But their traces still swooping and circling startling the sloping roofs Across the open balcony…
Sep 22, 2025
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Sharon Hom
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Cat books to uplift your spirit --
not just for cat people!
Aug 23, 2025
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Sharon Hom
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haiku for summer’s end
Here— late afternoon Writing against grains of time Cats alert—dreaming
Aug 17, 2025
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Sharon Hom
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Remembering August 6, 1945
"No more hibakusha! No more war!"
Aug 6, 2025
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Sharon Hom
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For AK, a pantoum
Jul 27, 2025
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Sharon Hom
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In lieu of an anniversary post-- with love
More than a year ago, I started my Substack with nothing more than a hope to reclaim a personal writing space, space that had been slowly sacrificed…
Jul 3, 2025
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Sharon Hom
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