Arthur Sze
Poetry
Dilemma
A musician tumbles bicycle handlebars
on a sidewalk and makes jangling music;
a gardener prunes branches, then shakes
the Japanese maple to drop a few
Archipelago
I walk along the length of a stone and gravel garden
and feel without looking how the fifteen stones
appear and disappear. I had not expected the space
Streamers
As an archaeologist unearths a mask with opercular teeth
and abalone eyes, someone throws a broken fan and extension cords
into a dumpster. A point of coincidence exists in the mind