Hint: Patterns – Legacies – Self

We are both governed and we govern.  We govern ourselves, to some extent. We are also governed, in some extent. When we don’t know histories, and the history of our own ancestries and legacies, we are ignorant, then of certain patterns and therefore reasons and connections. We are connected.

Massacre

This is a very short piece in response to the Aurora, Colorado rampage shootings that occurred in the US on July 20, 2012. There are micro-violences that are perpetrated every day, every moment.  These micro-violences accumulate.

The problem is ….. #2

In the present times, the nation-state and its corporate-military structures hold life into place with discourses.  As humans, we respond to it.  When we live in resistance to certain rules of language, concepts and positions in relation to identity and place and self and community, we find out that assimilating … Continue Reading The problem is ….. #2

KARTIKA REVIEW: my poem is published in Latest Issue!

One of the best Asian-American literary journals in the United States is The Kartika Review.  The Spring 2012 issue was just released, with my first published poem entitled: For Kiyoko, Epitaph/Chikai  published in the issue. It is a poem dedicated to my mother, who just passed away this past September.