Friday, August 18, 2006 An Awesome Surprise I want to pass on the news that I've been spotlighted by Mor Chang's wonderful Asian-American Poetry site today.  This is a great honor to me, being in the company of such personally recognized poets as Barbara Jane Reyes, Lee Herrick, Nick Carbo, and Timothy Liu, all of whom I have read and admire for their skill.    I join a compendium of notable poets previously spotlighted by Mor, including: Allen McGill, Amy Uyematsu, April Ma, Bao Phi, Barbara Tran, Bryan Thao Worra, Burlee Vang, Cyril Wong, David Mura, David Tneh Cheng Eng, Dr. Bhaskar Roy Barman, Dr. Jes, Duane Locke, Ed-Bok Lee, Elma Diel Photikarm, Eugene Gloria, Ishle Yi Park, Jeanne Leigh Schuler Farrell, Ka Vang, Kelly Zen-Yie Tsai, Lee Kuei-shien, Linh Dinh, Margaret Tsai, May Lee, Mong-Lan, Noukou Thao, Oliver de la Paz, Pos Moua, Prasanna Kumari, Ruth Wildes Schuler, Sesshu Foster, Sherry Quan Lee, Shin Yu Pai, Sumeia Williams, Tiel Aisha Ansari, Uma Asopa, Vasanta Athilat, and Victoria Chang.  I am definitely the student in this league of seasoned poets. You can check out my mug shot, bio, and new poem "The Summer Monsoon" by clicking here. Thank you Mor for this honor!  I'm in awe of it.   7:04:30 PM   | COMMENT [] | HOME READ MY MiPOESIAS COLUMN: "WHEN THE MUSES COME TO VISIT." E-MAIL ME FILM PAGE BIO PREVIOUS POSTS New Blog Banner Illustrations by Mike Tea Another Shadow Quote Character sketch of Mark Byatt The Ann Coulter Meltdown 40: Vegas.5 Maintenance An Awesome Surprise Cinematography and the trailer for 'House of Sand' Trailer: 'An Inconvenient Truth' Civil Rights, August 2006 40: Vegas.4 Edited my last post 40: Vegas.3 Trailer for 'Happy Feet' Most Surprising Summer Blockbusters Trailer to 'Children of Men' 40: The Dream of Magpies Trailer for 'The Departed' Trailer for 'Babel' Clever TrueMajority Ad Happy Birthday MTV Israel's Grave Mistake at Qana Arlen Specter's Dangerous New Bill 40: Vegas.2 Pictures from Tyre Missile Attacks FAVORITE BLOGS    ARCHIVES July 2003 August 2003 September 2003 October 2003 November 2003 December 2003 January 2004 February 2004 March 2004 April 2004 May 2004 June 2004 July 2004 August 2004 September 2004 October 2004 November 2004 December 2004 January 2005 February 2005 March 2005 April 2005 May 2005 June 2005 July 2005 August 2005 September 2005 October 2005 November 2005 December 2005 January 2006 February 2006 March 2006 April 2006 May 2006 June 2006 July 2006 August 2006 September 2006 POETRY "Out of the Lower 9," Small Potatoes Magazine, Issue 1 "The Prelude to War," The Bonzai Project "The Summer Monsoon," Asian American Poetry "On the Effects of Wind and Rivers," OCHO, Vol. 2 "The Return" published by Virtual Occoquan, August 2005 Walking to the Cineplex My Son’s Chants Plotting Escape Defending Yourself I Don’t Like FAVORITE POSTS The Portrait of Diego Keros Running Isn’t Supposed to be a Contact Sport The Door In the Floor (2004) Sin City (2005) The Head Bonker(2005) Little Terrorist (2005) MUSIC REVIEWS Mario Frangoulis Sarah Brightman's 'Harem' Spectacular Switchfoot: The Beautiful Letdown The Reinvention of Madonna Duran Duran "Astronaut" Tour U2: How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb IL DIVO: Review of "Mama" Video NEWS   Salon   LiberalOasis   New York Times   Slate   Tom Paine   Mother Jones   The Guardian   CNN   The Washington Post   - Start your own blog   Subscribe to this blog in   Radio: © Copyright 2006 Michael Parker. Last update: 9/1/2006; 7:41:52 PM. Powered by