Vivian Lu is a poet & aspiring scientist. She is the Editor-In-Chief of Bitter Melon Magazine, a literary journal dedicated to lifting marginalized voices. Her work has been recognized by the Scholastic Art & Writing Awards, National Poetry Quarterly, Walt Whitman Young Poets, and more.She is sixteen years old and believes in magic, fairytales, and drinking copious amounts of milk tea.
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► Vivian's microchap & selected poems are available below.
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Origami Microchap |
Selected Poem(s) |
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| Transience | |||
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Stylized view of Yingyu River -
Every microchap
may be downloaded for free
from this website.
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Yingyu River quiet
village sits still in a crevice of universe; river holds its breath. on springtide mornings
sun unfurls, leaks liquid gold on bare collarbones. swirling winds
sigh into river, ripples dancing to peals of children’s laughter. everything blooms
●in water, catch silver shrimp floating on warm river lips – small ghosts hidden in spring’s belly. Vivian Lu © 2018
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Ways to Love the World The media swells
with tragedy. There has been so much talk of explosions—resonance coating the grief-stricken air with dust
from the rubble of fallen minarets. We pluck monikers from headlines, immortalizing
them for an ephemeral moment with hashtags and makeshift eulogies until the next victim
claims spotlight. The cycle continues, anticipating light but receiving none. The world is full of crooked teeth,
grottos harboring star-speckled creatures painting morality a noxious red. It is hard to seek light when daily news
laments so many lives lost— bodies purloined by violence and hatred. Someday, we will all run outside
and into the streets spilling with fear and weep for those who do not stand
with us. We will run into a sky that stretches in every possible direction, without fear and without walls,
watching the world wave its broken little hands. Vivian Lu © 2018
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