Category Archives: Poetry

The apology

Posted on January 5, 2017 by Meisaan Chan

“I’m sorry,” says the soul, laying itself open to examination to the beauty, the wounds, the pus © Meisaan Chan

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Depth of God

Posted on January 4, 2017 by Meisaan Chan

Depth of God always spilling over You will know you’re holding it when you cannot, and feel the spilling © Meisaan Chan

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Because they can spot it from a mile away

Posted on January 4, 2017 by Meisaan Chan

The people you want to impress might not even be looking! Fear not being invisible fear being inauthentic © Meisaan Chan

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Burdens: A perspective

Posted on January 4, 2017 by Meisaan Chan

From the perspective of the ant, the mountain is eternal From the perspective of the cosmos, the mountain is less than an atom of an ant © Meisaan Chan (Photo credit: Twisted Sifter)

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Approaching as close as we allow

Posted on January 3, 2017 by Meisaan Chan

Hijabbed woman next to me, reading morning prayer silent teen across from me, eyes closed hunched man engrossed by his indefatigable phone: All the ways we enter our days all the ways you enter them with us approaching as close … Continue reading →

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The ever-approaching path that spirals to the center

Posted on January 3, 2017 by Meisaan Chan

The remembering, the forgetting, the remembering, the forgetting, the remembering, the forgetting the remembering, the forgetting, the remembering © Meisaan Chan

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The aftermath of the wave

Posted on January 2, 2017 by Meisaan Chan

The great wave has sunk into the sea and joined again that smooth, silver line; I, still gasping, wipe saltwater from my face examine my boat, and in the silence, start mending © Meisaan Chan

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Ditto

Posted on January 2, 2017 by Meisaan Chan

“I just want you to love me for who I am, not for what I do,” I say to the Lord. “Ditto,” the Lord says to me. © Meisaan Chan

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Fireplace

Posted on January 1, 2017 by Meisaan Chan

Sparks of light in the darkness darkness deep flecks of light, rising In the darkness, the slow-burning fire then the snapping, then the light pouring out, tumbling upwards in an otherworldly lightfall © Meisaan Chan

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Increments

Posted on December 30, 2016 by Meisaan Chan

The sun does not flounce into the sky with one brilliant leap but slowly crawls up the canvas in its own shifting light – even the most important thing to the earth comes in increments! – so, too, with discipline, … Continue reading →

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