Wah Mee

30 years since the Wah Mee

YOU BETTER HAVE SOME BETTER THINGS

     TO DO THAN GAMBLING!

who's the better man?

I can flip hamburgers and dish up Chop Suey

               AS FAST  as you put words on the page


         Who's the Better Man?

If you are a writer

If you are a writer


                  I AM THE KING OF SIAM


         IT DOESN'T AMOUNT TO A DAMN

Impotence

Stop fucking around, writers

           Show your Impotence!

Ranting

       I am Ranting

                         about  RENT

am I not doing this right?

for you other Asians

                     Why don't you join in?

                    Am I doing this all wrong?

Buddha

To sit like the Buddha

                     Is an Insult

                      for us coolies

                  for us Chinese

laundries

Ever wonder where the tenement dwellers in 

                  the ID

                        Do their laundry?

An insult to your ancestral grave

For you Chinese

Does eating Chinese food make you Chinese?

Is that all there is to it?

Come and see a tenement in the ID.

Come to the ID and see why it is empty

Ever wonder why the ID is so Empty?

           COME HERE AND SEE

               FOR YOURSELF!

Continue to fight for what's not been won

The Battle of Seattle is NOT OVER

CONTINUE TO FIGHT 

             FOR WHAT HAS NOT BEEN WON

A brand new online literary magazine Five Willows Literary Review

A fantastic literary review is created:

Five Willows Literary Review http://fivewillowsliterarysociety.blogspot.com/




                                              

CONNECT

Believe in yourself
                                don't listen to any gurus

                  They will only tell you


that

  "The whole idea is made up of two half ideas."

rice

You can get tired of rice

                   but don't get tired of your


                                  RIGHTS

Destinations

I am not convinced of "Manifest Destiny" 

Your Destination is not foretold by a destiny.

ID

Is your identity something you wear
like a policeman's badge?

The criminal wears none

And not wearing one does not make you a criminal

But even if you don't live in the ID in Seattle
others think you live there!

know

Know where you come from

then you will know where you are going

and if you don't change your path

there is a good chance you will end up there!

Talking to myself, really...

I am talking to myself, myself, really,

but when I disappear, the silence is

         
                          Deafening

Still born?

Stillborn? Still being born? Come on, Seattle Asians! Be alive! Make a joyful noise before we rejoin the Fickle Fate.


                                   

There aren't even any Asian Clowns!

Not "Words for the Wind!"

Come on, let's not quote Theodore Roethke!

                 not "Words for the Wind."

Let's not be a silent minority

We heard (?) of the Silent Majority

Now let's not hear of the Silent Minority!

Five Willows Review --- a review of selected literature

Five Willows Review

is a place for selected original literary works, edited by Koon Woon.

This is the link:  http://fivewillowsliterarysociety.blogspot.com/

Thank you for being here...

Thank you for being here

           For Visiting

                    Make a comment if you like


                                  Thank You!

Paper Son Poet --- a song

Koon Woon the Paper Son Poet sings a song

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A_bMx5eg3Bc

backroom boys

Speaking from the back of the Chinese restaurant
kitchen

small talk


Big Speech

Koon Woon reads to the dead, heard by the living

http://www.pw.org/content/koon_woon_reads_to_the_dead_is_heard_by_the_living_0

A lot of BS?

Asian-American literature is often a lot of BS written with a lot of ink fish ink. Know who you are before you pick up your chopsticks or your pen. You may be screeching and screaming, but you are still inside your academic pig-pen. 

Off to a good start.

We are off to a good start! Please jump right in with anything you care to say done not in a purposefully hurtful way. Peace be with you and all!

You can make comments under "comments." 

Glad we are talking. I am not a "rock" nor am I an "island."

What is your idea of multiculturalism?

It takes all kinds to make the world, right? And so let's do it right!

A link to a new press

Goldfish Press




                                                     

A Forum for Asians in Seattle

Welcome!

If you are Asian in Seattle you can voice your concerns and issues here. If you are anyone else, you are welcome too, but just don't take us over!

I am your moderator. My name is Koon Woon and my occupation is poet. 

                                                   

A link to a new press Goldfish Press