Wingless Victory

Nothing to lose

But misery

And that hapless

Longing for flight.

Why Johnny Appleseed Did Not Need a Global Positioning Device

North

East

Wind’s bearing

Crabapple flowers

South

West

Definitely Not Lemmings #33

A hearty welcome to Kristine Ong Muslim, who comes to us from The Philippines. Besides holding a degree in chemical engineering, she has also published more than six hundred stories and poems in over four hundred magazines. More information here.

Grassroots Movement

Though the slithering

Forked tongued snake

Neither hears nor speaks,

Aside from hissing at any

Clear and present danger,

If we keep our eyes

On the tall, swaying grass

Through which it moves

Effortlessly, it will tell us as much

About maneuvering left and right

As any cold-blooded,

Deaf-mute politician.

Three Languages, Two Triptychs, One Translator

Recently Linked: Joseph Mulligan (U.S. poet, narrator, translator and essayist) has published some English and Greek poetry of mine introduced and translated into Spanish by my good friend Mario Domínguez Parra. The original English and Greek versions are also included and can be read on Joseph’s very fine blog

The Smelting Process. Muchas gracias, ευχαριστώ, and thank you to them both.