Aaron Caycedo-Kimura Grandmother I imagine the delicate pucker of her mouth gaping like a wound. Her sokuhatsu updo, an oily black tangle on a dusty pillow. On May 24, 1945, eighteen years before I was born, Suyeme Kimura...

Two new poems out in Diode Poetry Journal (@diodeeditions.bsky.social)!
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Honored to visit a magnificent exhibition this week on the life and work of Minnie Negoro, uplifted by her past students, Walter McConnell and Denise Pelletier and co-curated by UConn professors Dr. Hana Maruyama and Dr. Jason Chang.
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