Today's poem is
"What Language"
from Redactions
Xiaoly Li
is a poet and photographer in Massachusetts. Her photography, which has been shown
and sold in galleries in Boston, often accompanies her poems. Her poetry has appeared in
Spillway, American Journal of Poetry, PANK, Atlanta Review, Chautauqua, Rhino, Cold
Mountain Review, J Journal and elsewhere; and in several anthologies. She has been nominated
for Best of the Net, Best New Poets, and a Pushcart Prize. She is a 2022 recipient of the
Massachusetts Cultural Council Artist Fellowship Grant in Poetry. A Ph.D. in EE from WPI and
a Master in CS from Tsinghua University in China.
Other poems on the web by Xiaoly Li:
"A Special Gesture"
Three poems
Two poems
Two poems
"Andrew Jackson's Hermitage"
"Light Breaks the Barrier"
"My First Day in America"
"Riding the Horse"
"Love Genes"
Two poems
"The Yearning Tree"
"Grace of Falling"
"Dining at Shangri-La"
"Across the Pacific from My Family"
"Island of Cows-São Miguel, Azores"
"Reeducated in a Rural Village in Beijing"
"Aubade"
"The Passing Story"
"Bridge"
Xiaoly Li's Website.
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