Wong
Washington
USA
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CONVERGENCE
I had a life which grew
upon waves and upon
those waves the mossand minerals etched
my name. What could I ask
of lightness? My father skimsa lake for seaweed.
He pries a wave apart,
part heart, part pardon.
There is lightnessin convergence. The seaweed
in my hands. To hold
a world that was a world,
my lungs shattered
in knots –dark gold.
Jane Wong, Convergence
American, b. 1984, playing from Seattle, WA, USA
Jane Wong holds an MFA from the Iowa Writers’ Workshop and is a former U.S. Fulbright Fellow and Kundiman Fellow. She is also the recipient of scholarships to the Bread Loaf Writers’ Conference and the Fine Arts Work Center. Currently, she is pursuing a Ph.D. in English at the University of Washington and lives in Seattle. The recipient of Meridian’s 2013 Editors’ Prize, poems have appeared in journals such as CutBank, Hayden’s Ferry Review, Mid-American Review, The Journal, and the anthology Best New Poets 2012.
Thoughts on the Telephone process
It was quite challenging, but also freeing. It took some time to translate an image into poetry, without it being too literal. Definitely fun and thought provoking, thank you!
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