Hansel Ong | Poetry, Essays, Fiction

A Portrait of A Railroad Car

Faded artwork, creeping vines, rust.

Sep 1, 2024 • 

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August 2024

A Portrait of Smitty's Cleaners

This is now my third week documenting my own city through medium format, black and white digital photography.

Aug 25, 2024 • 

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A Portrait of St. Joseph's Episcopal Church

Nothing feels as more foolish as searching for the sublime in the mundane and the familiar.

Aug 18, 2024 • 

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April 2024

Short Story: Udru and the Dragon

To the excellent Laeof, it is with my utmost pride that I present to you the translated parchments which I received from your servant Brunn, and sending…

Apr 2, 2024 • 

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March 2024

Poem: Canticum Infirmaria

The voice lulls to sleep, lights a fire that warms your blood

Mar 8, 2024 • 

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February 2024

Poem: Desert Wind

I Words fall upon my

Feb 29, 2024 • 

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Poem: A Song for the Ventilated

a poem two years late

Feb 25, 2024 • 

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Poem: Divination I

You can open your fridge

Feb 25, 2024 • 

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Short Story: The Hour of Closing

Call for the year of grace—

Feb 19, 2024 • 

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September 2023

Imago Dei: The Inevitable Image

“So God made man in His own image, in the image of God he created him; male and female he created them.” — Genesis 1:27

Sep 29, 2023 • 

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December 2022

Imago Dei: The Forgotten Image

The seats in the lobby by the neurosciences hospital are plenty, but only few people occupy them at this hour. It is 4:45 eastern time, and the winter…

Dec 24, 2022 • 

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Poem: Schemas

The sorrows of those who barter for other gods shall multiply.

Dec 15, 2022 • 

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