Epact
until the mimed distance
distance unaware
winds and poppies too
several storms approaching
in portions call their name
straight in front of you
twilight
shadows deeply rose
with the urging of elsewhere
see
who are leaving for the day
orphans of their youth
along a distance
among the bronze
some came to honour
A native of the US, Kenneth Kesner (肯内思) has been working under the auspices of the State Administration of Foreign Experts in the PRC for several years now. When circumstances allow, he travels portions of the Spice and Silk Routes, and is planning to walk westward from the Central Asian and Eurasian regions in two separate treks.
Epact was previously published in Retort Magazine, 2012
Copyright © 2012 by Kenneth Kesner
Randomly Accessed Poetics 
A mannered yet with a narrative free verse diction of a poem with a lovely Asian sensibility and uplifting imagism.