I Ask to Paint Me as My Countryhair thick as durian husks long as lemongrass& black as an eclipse ears like conch shellsfor Vishnu's crooningeyebrow hairs like splinters from an archer's broken boweyelashes, slanted straw roofs honey-brown eyes …  | By The Rising Phoenix Review on July 23, 2024 | I Ask to Paint Me as My Country hair thick as durian husks
long as lemongrass
& black as an eclipse
ears like conch shells
for Vishnu's crooning
eyebrow hairs like splinters
from an archer's broken bow
eyelashes, slanted straw roofs
honey-brown eyes hidden
beneath bodhisattva eyelids
tears like salt crystals
cheekbones, mounted skulls
cheeks, Angkorian sunset-colored
nose bridge high as suspension cables
nostrils sitting like stupa domes
philtrum curved like split bamboo
lips like clouds parting
smile more Bayon than Mona Lisa
teeth like porcelain tea cups
chin, sturdy as
the base of an urn By Vannida S. Kol Biography: Vannida S. Kol is a Cambodian-American poet with a BA in English, Certificate in Poetry, and minor in Religious Studies minor from the University of Texas–Austin. Her writing navigates and merges Khmer culture, Buddhist philosophy, and interpretations of the metaphysical. Her work has appeared or is forthcoming in Hothouse Literary Journal, Silk Club ATX, Shō Poetry Journal, and The SEAD Project zine. | | | |
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