2014
“6 a.m.”, the poem by James Owens, captures the feeling of a story, but not the story itself. It deals with time and what happens in that span of time is revealed in a few startling images. I like how the poem feels capacious, and quietly reverberates after the reading. - Pui Ying Wong.
"6 a.m." by James Owens
first light is a very old hammer
and mist a very old bell
that shimmers and rings
above water on stones
i have walked out alone into the world
where we pray together
young naïve monks
though we are not monks
and we do not pray
i would turn back to you now
i would pray my mouth on your mouth
and mist a very old bell
that shimmers and rings
above water on stones
i have walked out alone into the world
where we pray together
young naïve monks
though we are not monks
and we do not pray
i would turn back to you now
i would pray my mouth on your mouth
Pui Ying Wong's "The Flag" in Issue #27.
Pui Ying Wong was born in Hong Kong. She is the author of two full-length collections of poems: Yellow Plum Season (New York Quarterly Books, 2010) and An Emigrant’s Winter (Glass Lyre Press, 2016)—along with two chapbooks. She won a 2017 Pushcart Prize. She has poems published in Ploughshares, Prairie Schooner, Plume Poetry Journal, Atlanta Review, Southampton Review, The New York Times, among others. She is a book reviewer for Cervena Barva Press. She lives in Cambridge (MA) with her husband, the poet Tim Suermondt.
Pui Ying Wong was born in Hong Kong. She is the author of two full-length collections of poems: Yellow Plum Season (New York Quarterly Books, 2010) and An Emigrant’s Winter (Glass Lyre Press, 2016)—along with two chapbooks. She won a 2017 Pushcart Prize. She has poems published in Ploughshares, Prairie Schooner, Plume Poetry Journal, Atlanta Review, Southampton Review, The New York Times, among others. She is a book reviewer for Cervena Barva Press. She lives in Cambridge (MA) with her husband, the poet Tim Suermondt.
