Yau, John 2000
Tuesday, September 19, 2000
with Ed Paschke
with Ed Paschke
The world weeps. There are no tears
To be found. It is deemed a miracle.
The president appears on screens
In villages and towns, in cities in jungles
And jungles still affectionately called cities.
He appears on screens and reads a story.
– John Yau, “Broken Sonnet”
Listen to an interview with John Yau from Clocktower:
It does not do you like it
Imperfect copy’s forgery
Posts its vermillion decree
– John Yau, “The Missing Portrait (1)”
Watch John Yau’s reading at the Hammes Campus Bookstore in November 2015:
