Page 148 from Issue 101 TriQuarterly Three Poems Alan Michael Parker The Vandals In the poem about the vandals, the vandals Back their Dodge 4 x 4 up to the door Of the abandoned town hall and theater. In untied boots, they carry in their canvas bags And ...

Page 153 from Issue 101 TriQuarterly Meeting the Barbarians Ha Jin Cherish those from a distant land. —Confucius The First European Having waited for twenty years— preaching the Gospel along the coast, poring over our classics at night, finally he was sum ...

Page 155 from Issue 101 TriQuarterly On his deathbed he said to his fellow Europeans, "I'm leaving you a door opened that leads to great reward, but only after dangers encountered and labor endured." 155 Issue 101 page ...

Page 158 from Issue 101 TriQuarterly An Opium Smoker After the eleventh pipe, the idiot-smile blooming on his face, again he becomes a vegetable. The naked stone slab beneath him feels softer than eiderdown while he's mounting the clouds. He sees ...

Page 160 from Issue 101 TriQuarterly A Condemned Viceroy's Talk After we lost the war I recommended to His Majesty a book about England's history. He said to me a few days ago, "I can see that it's a country good at war ...