Culturally Speaking

she wrote letters in Japanese
on an antique English writing desk
framed by a massive window
overlooking Central Park.

a chunky, foreign tongue
in black angular lines
be-bopping across the page
like crazy Jazz.

letters to her sister
letters to her Mum
letters to herself
fueled by French Coffee

that I pressed myself
the strains of a fountain pen on paper
and the Requiem Op. 48 (pie Jesu)
by Faure.


© A.g. Synclair

Bio: A.g. Synclair's work has appeared in numerous literary publications, anthologies, chapbooks, and 'zines, both online and in print. He suffers from long bouts of writers block, and doesn't have an MFA in anything. A native New Englander, he now lives, writes, and otherwise collaborates in southwestern Montana with his significant other, the artist and poet Heather Brager.