after Franny Choi In sitting shiva we shone, we swam, we sang silence into silver, wove wave, warren, wilderness of loss, loaming gardens of grief, in grieving gave grace, gave grave, gave grove, forested faith, fawned, fasted, faded, not five but ten, ten men, meaning men, meaning matter, meaning count, … Continue reading Chanting Kaddish for My Estranged Father