Skip to content

s.lê: sounds & silences

samantha lê – poet

books | poems | about | projects | publications

  • September 4, 2026

    On Being and Poetry

    Two decades of crafting poems; my drawer of words is crowded. Every time I open it, dragonflies escape. Read more

  • August 25, 2026

    In the Kitchen

    peeling back layers of purple onion she weeps Read more

  • November 5, 2024

    Visions of the Aging Poet

    Morning in History Park where you once walked upright, smelling of suspicions. Read more

  • October 29, 2024

    In the Presence of the Kitchen Gods

    She sweeps evening dust off grout lines with the straw broom Read more

  • October 15, 2024

    Sunday Bathers

    I want all your Sundays— naked on the sofa Sundays Read more

  • October 8, 2024

    Eastbound Train

    On the last train from the city, she sat across the aisle and talked about sex-having saints. Read more

  • September 25, 2024

    Letters from Iraq

    four years the only control I’m allowed is my breath Read more

  • September 23, 2024

    That Other Guy

    the one made up of consonants and super hero punches Read more

  • September 23, 2024

    From the Platform on First Street

    a dispassionate rain sprinkles colors onto glassy morning tracks Read more

  • September 23, 2024

    Last Bar in Okinawa

    silvery faces the color of molt skin odors tasting of rice wine and warm dish towels Read more

  • September 23, 2024

    The Tourist

    I go on holiday to where the Other lives. Read more

  • home
  • about
  • projects
  • books
  • publications
  • poems
  • artwork
  • updates
  • events

  • Subscribe Subscribed
    • s.lê: sounds & silences
    • Join 68 other subscribers
    • Already have a WordPress.com account? Log in now.
    • s.lê: sounds & silences
    • Subscribe Subscribed
    • Sign up
    • Log in
    • Report this content
    • View site in Reader
    • Manage subscriptions
    • Collapse this bar