Macrina Magazine has recently published my poem “Autobiography of an Origami Lantern:”
Like my previous poem “Cabin Fever Compels Me to Bike to the Anacostia River,” “An Autobiography of an Origami Lantern” is also a verse paragraph poem. Feel free to learn more about the verse paragraph form here.
The cold, short days of winter earlier this year gave me the opportunity to stay indoors, and to explore origami. I was surprised to discover how the folding, unfolding, and rotating of the paper felt like going on a journey—all without leaving my room. As an origami amateur, I was free to play and to discover, with no preconceived notions.