SFPoetry | PLANET MAGAZINE

“Big Picture” by Lawrence Barker

4/19/2008

The Levitikully, by Romeo Esparrago

Our long hard trip has left us worn but wise
We learn that matters that look large close by
Can fade to naught when one sees from afar

From Earth, the dying sun filled half the sky
Fourteen light years away scarce does its shine
Stand out from that of any pallid star

11/3/2007

Foos over Indochina

I had returned.

to find Viet Nam.

To find my past.

To find my lover.

To find my Linh.

I returned.

So in the crags deep and distant from Tu Le,

I searched.

I search for my youth,

I search for my answers,

I search for Linh.

I searched.

I found only a temple.

With scars of my past.