We share the same genes Although we speak a subtle different tongue Of generations and geography and time. Both still drawn to the sound of the sea That lies between us.
In Accidental Occidental, a unique collage of words and images, David McKirdy spins an Asian tapestry of people, places and impressions.
One of Hong Kong’s best-know poets, David McKirdy was born in Scotland, raised in Hong Kong and confused in England when he arrived there for the first time as a twenty-year-old. Once he returned to Hong Kong, he never left again. |