a haiku and our night out
from ridge to ridge
camera projection left –
of freemans’ waters
neon billboards
one night in finders corner
with fiddle strings
the look of true love
st patrick’s day in sarawak
our plate’s green orchid
a haiku is a fitted appliance
knock on the porch door
sterling rose out of daisies
unsigned gift card
white and blue pills
syringe, thermometer, bedpan
empty bauhaus chair
a haiku is a hundred different ways
in good time
the stars shine brighter
sometimes longer bursts
at the festival
urban samurai in hemp
buttonquail – blue-backed
Desmond Kon Zhicheng-Mingdé has edited more than 10 books and co-produced 3 audio books, several pro bono for non-profit organizations. Trained in book publishing at Stanford, with a theology masters in world religions from Harvard and fine arts masters in creative writing from Notre Dame, Desmond is a recipient of the Singapore Internationale Grant and Dr Hiew Siew Nam Academic Award. He has recent or forthcoming work in Copper Nickel, Clutching At Straws, Dark Sky, Fence, Grey Sparrow, Presence, Nano Fiction, Notes from the Gean, Spilling Ink Review, Spork Press, Sugar Mule, and Write From Wrong Magazine. Also working in clay, Desmond sculpts commemorative ceramic pieces for his Potter Poetics Collection. These works are housed in museums and private collections in India, the Netherlands, the UK and the US.
