Best Lao Poems

The light is muted,
glowing ever so faintly
and I cup my hands
to shelter it from
the harsh wind...

It flickers,
it wavers,
and my heart
does a triple dive
then beats back...

Read more of this work...

Sometimes, I cannot help but sigh
and wonder--
wonder deep inside of me 
whether I could ever be like you.

I riffle through the pages of my soul
and...

Read more of this work...

Do random thoughts and
scattered conversation
deserve to be a poem?
I think a lot of things
like that as I drive
from work to home.

All day I've tried,
and struggled...

Read more of this work...

Philippines, my country of birth,
one of the countries in Southeast Asia.
It is an archipelago or group of islands,
with more than seven thousand islands.

Luzon, the largest...

Read more of this work...

        Jasmine Tea and Poignancy


San Francisco and your soul's appeal.
Sitting in that Japanese Tea Garden.
You, whispering the readings...

Read more of this work...

The Dilettante Diaries: "All Roads Lead Home"



All Roads Lead Home
Poems
Stories
Detours
Stepping Stones

All Roads Lead Home

(Lovejoy-Burton/October 2018)



"Where we LOVE is home -     
home...

Read more of this work...

Today, our first “All About Me” History class begins
when we comprehend every day and night
co-arises with “All About We”
full-octave
Zero-centric
bicamerally encultured
and regenetically reiterated
in and through,
by and...

Read more of this work...

Villanelle: The only game solution to the human condition

The only game solution to the human condition
“Don’t nobody move a muscle” and hold your breath
Stop having...

Read more of this work...

The monks gave me a bag of Thai oranges
Before I left for the States.

Next time I come, I’ll have learned more Lao,
I promise.

  ...

Read more of this work...

Once Plato and Lao-Tzu had their own blog

Since their philosophies thought mighty strong

Expected people much to read

With wisdom themselves to feed

But readers chose instead opinion's...

Read more of this work...

Man samarpit, tan samarpit
Aur yah jeevan samarpit
Chaahtaa hoon desh ki dharti tujhey kuchh aur bhi doon

Ma tumhara rin bahut hai, mai akinchan
Kintu itna kar raha...

Read more of this work...

you ever heard of a Lao party?
might be one going on right now…
we Lao folks love that celebratin’
sifting through sunrise and slipping
through sunset we sing...

Read more of this work...

We think them plentiful, like jumping shrimp and tiny crabs:
These mak hung, these chilies, the base for padaek.
The mouth waters with even a mention.

Every heart...

Read more of this work...

Vo Amour Adelle (Parents love Grandma)
Mother, teacher, sister, reserved
Daughter of  Virgencita and Oscar (their initials are in my name)
Lover of Arvin, books, and adventure
Who...

Read more of this work...

Great men and small men,
what does it matter?
We all fry in the very same batter.
Moral ambiguity 
is not a hot flame
but if we don't 
pay...

Read more of this work...