House Rules
The submission window opens—Diaspora Issue.Mango framed like a moon, perfect bruise marbling the center.Two tabs glow; one for guidelines, one for their subtext.I hold the cursor over Withdraw the way I hover at crosswalks.The form…
Bellingham Review Contributor
Leonardo Chung
Leonardo Chung is a Korean American writer attending Yale University. He recently won First Place in Poetry in the Los Angeles Review and First Place for Nonfiction in the 93rd Annual Writer’s Digest Writing Competition. His work appears in the Los Angeles Review, Epiphany, Chestnut Review, Chautauqua and others. He draws inspiration from distinguished poets such as Langston Hughes, Naomi Shihab Nye, and Louise Glück.
The Garden at Late Season
The hose spat once, then died.I carried buckets to the thirsty ones, Umma’s tomatoes hanging tired on their stakes. Her mint curled in its pot.At dawn, as porch lights slept, I shoveled handfuls of earth…