
Margins | Triptych
DONNA TANG is a Việt American poet based in Los Angeles, CA. Their work has appeared or is forthcoming in Watershed Review, Little Patuxent Review, and Cotton Xenomorph.
Contributed By: Donna Tang
This is holy: April, its wavering warmth. That the body makes a body. That the bereavement peace lily from 1-800-Flowers out-arches its container, won’t wither no matter how little I water. The umbrella plant in its macrame swing scratching the living room’s east wall, snowball bloom of the cherry tree beyond the window. Do you […]
This poem was nominated for The Best of the Net. It was done in an hour, and the aftermath was a red light sinking behind a line of bodies, nothing like a bread line or staying up all night to get the best seats. My cut was waiting in a box by the door while […]
The first night we meet outside the classroom, you say you like two things: whisky and music. You hustle me into the car, slide a disc into the player, and roll the windows up against the storm. You say we should pretend that we don’t know each other, pretend that you don’t even know my […]