to fold

Sometimes I would like to fold bronze, or wood.
For now, I fold words.
Photo: Kwun Yun Statue, Kadoorie Farm, Hong Kong

friends and friends

One friend gave me the flower, as a bulb, and I helped it grow. Another friend made the bowl. They rest on the wooden chest, given by a friend of a friend.
Photo: Hyacinth from D, Bowl from M,
chest from T to SL, and the image
in the back is one of mine

is this better?

I will get new glasses soon and will be asked
this question many times.
Photo: Mirror, Hong Kong

home, handmade

I once lived near this wall, the wall of a home, maybe handmade, in a temporary housing estate, where people lived for maybe ten years waiting for their public housing unit. The estate is gone now, and I do not know where my neighbors are.

Photo: Yuen Chau Kok Housing Estate, 1992

lullaby

I want a long long sleep, but am sitting in a chair
at the computer, thinking about this chair and sleep.
Photo: Painted Valley, California

mango and hand

I wonder what these scissors will do.
Cut mango or fingernail or both or else?
Photo: At a market in Salvador, Brazil

every one, everything

It's the international day for women today, and I say
every day is for everyone and every thing.
I say this with complete love.
Photo: Person, tree, cloud, Hong Kong

city of moon, bird, stair

Today, full moon in Hong Kong, a new book
will be presented. The writer loves birds.
I give this image to her.
Photo: A painted mural, Hong Kong
Text: The new book is titled City of Stairs

traveling, unraveling

I am on a lonely road and I am traveling, looking
for something what can it be?
Photo: On a river, Vietnam
Text: From 'All I Want' by Joni Mitchell

open the doors

Today, as I did errands during the lunch hour, I saw a patch of trees growing from a podium in a housing complex. They reached maybe five or six stories high.
I grew up near a patch of woods. It stood across the street. Pine trees and their needles, bees nests, a large stone we called The Elephant Rock.
And behind the house, a field with pheasants, skunks, streams, blackberries...
Those dusty city trees in Hong Kong brought me to all of these places. When we open the doors, we see everything.
Photo: Garden in Suzhou, China

did I?

Did I write a poem here? Maybe. 
Photo: Teahouse at Artist Garden, Suzhou, China

I want to know

Who put these here? I want to know this person.
Photo: Peng Chau Island

soft and rivery

A soft x in the shape of a river.
Photo: Suzhou, China

green balls

I don't think I've seen green ball berries before...
Photo: Seen in Hong Kong