No firecrackers tonight -1.22.2023

by Kashiana Singh / February 5th, 2023

1
warding off evil
dragons dancing wild
in a blood-red riot
2
lunar new year
their reunion dinner
marked an end
3
mass shooting
shockwaves gathering
on a moonless night
4
floating lanterns
a rising wail disperses
in silence
5
tang yuan
beginning the year
with good omens
6
an empty town
sweeping bad luck
away
7
firecrackers
swapping coins
with death
8
temple gongs
ricocheting sounds
of fear
9
12 zodiacs
which animal
are you?

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When Kashiana is not writing, she lives to embody her TEDx talk theme of Work as Worship into her every day. Her chapbook Crushed Anthills by Yavanika Press is a journey through 10 cities. Her newest full-length collection, Woman by the Door was released in Feb 2022 with Apprentice House Press. Read other articles by Kashiana, or visit Kashiana's website.

This article was posted on Sunday, February 5th, 2023 at 8:02am and is filed under Poetry.