miCRo series

miCRo: “Caul” by Cristi Donoso Best

miCRo: “Caul” by Cristi Donoso Best

Cristi Donoso Best’s “Caul” opens in medias res with the birthing of a calf. As the child-aged speaker observes the scene, the poem moves cinematically between the birth and the act of watching.

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miCRo: “Haunting Season” by Cindy Juyoung Ok

miCRo: “Haunting Season” by Cindy Juyoung Ok

Cindy Juyoung Ok’s “Haunting Season” opens with a declaration that “the hunt” has begun. What follows is a series of reflections on the concept of the self, especially the self under surveillance, the self as an Othered reflection.

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miCRo: “End of the Year Poem, 2020” by Zhihao Zhang

miCRo: “End of the Year Poem, 2020” by Zhihao Zhang

Translated by Yuemin He, “End of the Year Poem, 2020” by Zhihao Zhang begins where many of us begin our days (regularly, but perhaps especially during a global pandemic): looking at our phones. This mundane act gives way to a reflection that, like the year 2020 itself, is filled with rote action, uncertainty, and contradiction.

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miCRo: “The Hoard” by Dev Murphy

miCRo: “The Hoard” by Dev Murphy

The speaker of Dev Murphy’s hybrid piece “The Hoard” uses the words of literary figures to examine and reexamine love and desire, creating a hoard within the text itself, which she reshapes throughout the piece.

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