There are so many people who’ve come before us, arrows and wagon wheels, obsidian tools, buffalo. Look out at the meadow, you can almost see them, generations dissolved in the bluegrass and hay. I want to try and be terrific. Even for an hour. Ada ...

“L’Siren,” says the Frenchwoman, sliding a faux/ ivory bangle engraved with a mermaid on my wrist./ I run a thumb across fin and scale until I come to her/ face: full lips, round nose, hair dreadlocked. I recognize/ her face, balance her many n...

i carry your heart with me(i carry it in/my heart)i am never without it(anywhere/ i go you go, my dear; and whatever is done/by only me is your doing, my darling)/ i fear/ no fate (for you are my fate, my sweet)i want no world (for beautiful you are ...

Tell me this, why is the past tense always longer? Ocean Vuong The past tense is always longer because are memories are always bigger than real time. The past tense is always longer because our stories are built of drama and details. The past tens...