Poets/Marilyn Chin

Marilyn Chin

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Why cry over dried flowers? …

Marilyn Chin

Metaphor metaphor my pestilential aesthetic …

Marilyn Chin

The aeroplane is shaped like a bird …

Marilyn Chin

You have lived six decades and you have lived none …

Marilyn Chin

My skiff is made of spicewood my oars are Cassia bract …

Marilyn Chin

I gaze at the ceiling …

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melon …

Marilyn Chin

My shadow followed me to San Diego …

Marilyn Chin

Your name is Diana Toy. …

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I. …

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Little Box talks back …

Marilyn Chin

They throw stones at the little girls …

Marilyn Chin

I. …

Marilyn Chin

for my love, Charles (1938-2000) …

Marilyn Chin

There once lived a little girl named Mei Ling, who was as dumb and stubborn as a turnip. …

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❖ …

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一 (yī) …

Marilyn Chin

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