Social Possibilities Poetic Voices of Hope is available now on all major book retailers.
My three poems are included in this incredible timely anthology.
Please consider purchasing a copy to read and pass on to others to read to bring hope to our brothers and sisters.
I’ve travelled many winding paths just to find rest in your embrace, soft as a cloud, yet steady and unshakable like a mountain.
Loving you defies logic. It asks for no explanation, no reason. It simply is, as natural and essential as breathing.
God formed me from your rib and brought me to you. So I may always be the dull ache you have. God also created me to be your helper. And I hope that balances out the bittersweetness of life.
Our life together has shaped me into someone better. Because you love me, I’ve learned to love myself. You are the mirror that reflects my truest self.
I love you, more than words can express.
你的拥抱
暖如
冬天的阳光
心里的灰
变成
大海里的蓝
悠然地
扩展到地平线
与海鸥戏耍
至日落
I fit my life into a suitcase
moved continent
from subtropical humidity
to desert dry heat
Standing in the shade of a cactus tree
I miss the evergreen
Songs about the pearl river delta
rolling in with the dragon boat race
Home is here and now
But my thoughts are far away
Subject on migration, asylum-seeking, illegal-and-legal-immigration, homelessness, and a verge of homelessness.
Calling for submissions of poetry, flash writing, cover art
Lived experience or observation
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The call for submissions is coming up soon…
I am working with Candice Louisa Dequin to co-edit this anthology, and it will be published by Prolific Pulse Press.
UNHOUSED – Yearning for Home shines a light on: Migration, asylum-seeking, illegal-and-legal-immigration, and other factors resulting in being without a home, national-identity, country, or security net. Whether you have immigrated and found yourself isolated and unable to fit into your adopted country’s identity, or lost status in a country you identify with, been out-of-status, living-below-the-radar, a Dreamer or undocumented, or forced to flee your homeland because of discrimination, war or other destabilizing forces, this is your opportunity to share your experiences on the hardships and often invisible struggles so many endure.
Prolific Pulse Press’s background in publishing social justice anthologies, continues with ‘Unhoused – Yearning for Home’ – an anthology of poetry and flash-writing on the current epidemic of unhoused, homeless, stateless, and country-less people and how this lack of safety affects generations. We seek to highlight the writer’s resilience and determination to survive and thrive whilst sharing their truth and experience(s).
‘Unhoused – Yearning for Home’ will be edited by Carrie Yang and Candice Louisa Daquin. Carrie Yang works in the Homelessness and Employment services in Australia and is herself an immigrant. Candice Daquin is also an immigrant, currently in America, and has worked in crisis centers in the US/Europe and Canada. Their combined professional experience, alongside having produced over twenty anthologies, is the pulse behind this project. The editors are fortunate enough to work with Lisa Tomey-Zonneveld, Manager of Prolific Pulse Press LLC. Given Prolific Pulse Press’s history of publishing exceptional anthologies, including Cadence (finalist in the American Writing Awards), Social Justice Inks, Dear Heart, and Heartbeats, our goal is to be a powerful platform for erased voices on this neglected and often inaccurately understood subject.
‘Unhoused – Yearning for Home,’ doesn’t seek to become mired in politics, but rather through the lens of human experience, help others comprehend the unique social and physical challenges surrounding this kind of limbo. Poetry and creative writing is an ideal vessel for this and we welcome all forms of poetry, flash-fiction and accompanying artwork. ‘Unhoused – Yearning for Home’ is scheduled to be published in early 2026.
Go to therapy
is not like taking a pill
then the headache is gone.
Therapy is like giving the tools to a gardener
they still need to dig through the dirt
to let new shoots come through.
Hi
We may not know each other personally,
but we exist in the same vast universe—
our paths crossing, even if just briefly.
I know you’ve laughed and cried,
felt joy and sorrow,
held happiness and heartache side by side.
You’ve been both teacher and student,
giver and receiver of care.
You’ve offered your heart, and at times, kept it guarded.
You’ve shared pieces of yourself and held some back.
You are a living, breathing human—
doing your best, navigating life as it comes.
Love and respect,
from a fellow human being
Flicker of Thoughts 