Hello all! It's been a while. I'm headed to Ecuador in a couple of days, and I hope to keep you all updated on that. This summer I've been focusing on relaxing -- the last school year was frustrating, but rewarding. (However, if I never see another poem by Spenser, it will be too soon.)
To throw out a bone, however, here's a new poem! Enjoy! (It's a sonnet! I read too much Spenser.)
Disclaimer: Not all events happened as pictured. I took artistic license to get a point about my family across in sonnet form. =D
Family
Mom bought kimchi that boils when opened
and I pour it over sticky rice with a spoon,
rice that leaves slug-trails where the bowl's broken.
Obaasan taught my sister in June
to break an egg, corners pricking into
fingers like a puppy's tapered teeth, mixing yolk
into hot rice. Tía taught me to stew
arroz con pollo, scents that can evoke
a sigh from Mayan gods, with tomatoes
floating like scarlet jellyfish among
the little yellow grains. These little tornadoes
of flavor from across the world are flung
across my tongue, my whirlwinds of spice --
Obaasan, Tía, Mom, and rice.
To throw out a bone, however, here's a new poem! Enjoy! (It's a sonnet! I read too much Spenser.)
Disclaimer: Not all events happened as pictured. I took artistic license to get a point about my family across in sonnet form. =D
Family
Mom bought kimchi that boils when opened
and I pour it over sticky rice with a spoon,
rice that leaves slug-trails where the bowl's broken.
Obaasan taught my sister in June
to break an egg, corners pricking into
fingers like a puppy's tapered teeth, mixing yolk
into hot rice. Tía taught me to stew
arroz con pollo, scents that can evoke
a sigh from Mayan gods, with tomatoes
floating like scarlet jellyfish among
the little yellow grains. These little tornadoes
of flavor from across the world are flung
across my tongue, my whirlwinds of spice --
Obaasan, Tía, Mom, and rice.