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‘Chalk Creatures on the sidewalk’RECOGNITION
I read here in my breakfast room
How honeybees are trained to recognize human faces
Distinguish one from another   Configural processing,
Familiar patterns    Bowls of sugar water placed
In front of mug shots    I stroll the paths in my garden
Daylilies, coral bells, butterflowers   The bees
Secret color world of ultra violet light, pigment and markings
Landing [...]

‘The sirens were too far away’You Have to Leave Wanting
The girl stood on the street outside the shop. It was closing time. He could let her in and watch her browse the poetry section. This could possibly bump up the day’s takings by a whole eighty cents. He pecked at his phone. Pretending to be [...]

“antisocial in his shell’WALKING BAREFOOT, LOST MY CAMERA
Beads and pearls of rancid green
crack and pop.
Dying dreadlocks upon baking black rock,
Entangled.
Slimy ends drip and drape
in warm salt bath.

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by Desmond Kon Zhicheng-MingdéInterview with Fiona Sze-Lorrain on Water the Moon

Fiona Sze-Lorrain (www.fionasze.com) is the author of a book of poetry, Water the Moon (Marick Press, 2010). She writes and translates in English, French and Chinese. Born in Singapore, she grew up in a hybrid of cultures, and graduated from Columbia and New [...]