
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
Nedür ol kurs-ı müşebbek-endâm Zann ider anı gören bedr-i temam Zerd-rû itmiş anı pûte-i kâl Regleri olmış anuñ halka-misâl Katre-i ter iken ol sîm-ı mûzâb Görinür sûziş-i ğamdan pür-tâb Çıksa bâzâra ger ol puhte-dimâğ Sürh u rengîn ider anı sabbâğ Bedr iken olsa şikeste fi’l-hâl Yerine hâsıl olur niçe hilâl What is that round thing, […]
The diva, by definition, surpasses her surroundings. Her towering presence commands attention, and everything else fades away.
These, my lips, parted with an oh-jeez-oh-man. Pale angel’s bag of suns, my heart counts new mornings by a face held to my belly. A great orb silvers over the spoiled wheat of my sex tapes—oh, various enlightenments swell and crush, but you are atomic, killer, my darling dear of the capsized raiment— there are […]