Night poetry for cities and the people still awake in them. These poems explore what the dark hours reveal — when the city stops performing, a particular honesty arrives. For those who think most clearly after midnight in unfamiliar places.
Category: Night
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A Night with the Yanshui Beehive Fireworks
Sky lanterns in the north, beehive fireworks in the south—celebrating Lantern Festival in Yanshui town, a chance encounter with university friends, last night’s revelry.
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Morgan’s Jottings 003: Night View of Shenzhen Bay
First visited Shenzhen in 2007, watched buildings rise and fortunes shift, ten years of saving in vain, housing prices like clouds on the horizon.
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Morgan Essay 020 – Shenzhen: 37F French Cuisine at Grand Hyatt
Counting, nearly ten visits now, hazy night view in a wine glass,
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Bosphorus Nightscape
Spanning two continents, the strait’s lights mirror the bridge.
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Morgan’s Essay 053 – Dubai: Burj Al Arab’s Al Mahara Underwater Restaurant
A weekend trip to Dubai, visiting the Burj Al Arab’s underwater restaurant for a novel experience.
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Pristina, 11pm
Here, at 11pm, I am finally the right size.