Cha: An Asian Literary Journal is accepting submissions of poems for a new ongoing series “Fight with Words, Write to Power” (in short, “Write to Power”). … Continue reading[Call for Submissions] The Write to Power Special Feature

who has the right to
               steal another’s breath? that
there should be no light through
               these wounds, that the white
… Continue readingRequiem

The enrollee has nothing
to discuss with the registrar.
Window 4 only accepts
a complete payment’s confirmation,
… Continue readingPromissory Note

To absolve, it is a liquid
we jump into, to dissolve
ourselves from ourselves.
… Continue readingAbsolution

                    and an island holds
its breath
… Continue readingGuerillas in the City

I suppose there are far worse things than the quiet
The pitch-black swallow of a TV screen flickering off
You recount the dead until you fumble over the math
… Continue readingCountry of Nothings

a roof over the head is a shelter for
souls, is a networked canopy of lives
having taken root, sprouted and borne fruit,
… Continue readingRelocation Notice

Eyes concealed by his hat; the guitar’s strummed
without his voice. While in boots and camouflage:
jet-black guns come near before the troubadour.
… Continue readingJet-Black Guns Before The Troubadour

It plummeted. Falling from colourful
stripes, plunging the nation into deep
darkness, … Continue readingOne Star Died

She was wearing a blue t-shirt,
anticipating Christmas. Her grey coat’s
left side was taken off to make way for the jab.
… Continue readingOne Image, Two Headlines

We fought
in the trenches
… Continue readingMy Brother in My Arms

They’ll turn your frustration with low income and high bills
Into a cheap deal for their jr. chicken sandwich: cheaper than
The price of a regular one, fewer calories, too. … Continue readingMarkets Will Always Find a Way to Sell Anything to Anyone