“sewasdee khrab”

Authors

Stephen A. Rozwenc, poetry, Thailand, Buddhism, compassion

In this poem, subtitled “Thai Diary,” a speaker on a flight to Bangkok hopes to shed his ego and join Thai and American hearts in compassion.

Stephen A. Rozwenc

Stephen A. Rozwenc is a widely published expat poet, who currently resides in Thailand. He has published six collections of poetry. More than two hundred of his poems have appeared individually in numerous poetry publications including: Buddhist Poetry Review, Blue Lake Review, Dm Du Jour, Equinox, Eunoia Review, Glass Poetry, Naugatuck River Review, New Pattaya Review, Philadelphia Poets, Poets Against War, Plum Tree Tavern, and Wordpeace. His published book collections are: The Fourth Turning, Grass Hill, Ekphrastic Nightingales, New England Fortune Cookies, Death Is Birth, and Thai Diary. He has been a past recipient of two Williamsburg Massachusetts Arts Lottery Grants for poetry.