NeverEnding Story

English Original just one swan returns this year ... ripples on the pond Wild Plum, Winter 2017 Lesley Anne Swanson Chinese Trans...

English Original overdue fines for a history book the biography of a tyrant written in today’s headlines Lesley Anne Swanson Chin...

English Original dawn hovers on the horizon blood red the dragon’s eye blinks open Ribbons, 8:1,  2012 Lesley Anne Swanson Chi...

English Original rushrush out the door and off you go a quick hug before the slow embrace of silence and the night Third Place, 2016...

English Original gold coins sewn in her worn coat the child no one notices bound for a new life A Hundred Gourds, 1:3, June 2012 ...

English Original her to do list so much longer than mine -- here I sit biting an apple down to the core American Tanka, 25, 2015 L...

for my daughter from China and all Asian immigrants English Original green tea black coffee the two sides of me but just one cup G...

English Original that girl with the pink hair flirting again -- cherry blossoms Runner-Up, 2015 Haiku Calendar Competition Lesley An...

English Original that old tune … knots in my shoelace coming loose Third Place, 2015 Spiess Memorial Haiku Competition Lesley Anne S...

English Original barefoot afternoon my feet sharing the sweetgrass with a hill of ants Cattails , April 2014 Lesley Anne Swanson ...

English Original astride a fault line in the bay a sea star one small splice in this fractured world Certificate of Merit, 7th International...

English Original perforations along this notebook page almost invisible the tiny separations that ease the final parting First Place...

English Original the moon’s thin smile as I begin to write grows wider when I mention you Honorable Mention,  2012 TSA International...