Poem: Snowfall (tanka in 3 stanzas) + Hello Korea video

I like the Youtube channel, Hello Korea which allows a glimpse into living in South Korea. The creator of the … More

Poem: I often wonder (haiku in 16 variations)

1) I often wonder What my life would’ve been like raised in Korea. 2) If I had lived there surrounded … More

Work Stories: Goodbyes: Part Three

Over the years she has always asked me, “When are you coming home?” “I made a new home in California. … More

Work Stories: Goodbyes: Part Two

My mother never got over the way I left my childhood home in Maryland. I escaped, literally. I told her … More

What do you think?

So much controversy and division these days! Now there’s fighting within the black community over who suffered the most and … More

Joseph Kim’s inspirational story made me cry

Daewon Song ❤️ documentary and a tribute haiku

(Haiku for Daewon Song) Much admiration and Respect for Daewon Song Fluid, Smooth, Artist. Daewon makes me feel proud to … More

(Awkwafina) Nora goes to the Casino

Memoir: Poem: Memories repeat like songs

Memories repeat like songs./I left my parent’s home in Maryland/our domestically unsafe haven/filled like helium/with emotional explosions/anchored by our collective … More

Seoul Sister Films: Where are the Asians?: Episode Five: Superheroes without Asians

*Correction, Asians have to wear antennae not antennas, but does anyone use proper Grammar these days? I think it’s sad … More

Poem: “Seoul Sister” Translated (part three)

I’m a Seoul Sister because Koreans see all people as extended family. In Korea elderly people are addressed as Grandmother … More

Poem: “Seoul Sister” Translated (part two)

I am a Seoul Sister literally born in Seoul, South Korea. If I was born in the North I couldn’t … More

Poem: “Seoul Sister” translated (part one)

I came up with the name Seoul Sister Because Koreans have much soul I was born in Seoul with a … More

Memoir Poem : the Rarity of Hand-made Pants

I thank you now Mama decades later for the elastic banded pants that you knitted forever you made them for … More

Memoir: The Mystery of Language

In Korea I would blend in physically until I’d have to speak, my accent instantly exposes me as a foreigner. … More

Memoir Poem : For my Grandma, my Halmoni

Lost puppy, baby ostrich, fancy pants guppie 3 years old again big eyes, piglet curly q tails combed shiny by … More

Cultural Appropriation, Part One: Star Wars

The original “Star Wars” had instant cinematic appeal with fantastical creatures, space battles, charismatic characters and the grandeur of John … More

Protected: Half-lives and Help-mates (a reflection on “A Handmaid’s Tale”)

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Thank You Bruce Lee

Copyright free images of Bruce Lee The Martial Artist, Bruce Lee internationally elevated Asian attractiveness during the 1960s. Before (and … More

Poem : Ancestors (haiku)

Speaking love alive, My ancestors still survive, Inspiring dreams.

Protected: Memoir : Big White Van (part one)

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Protected: Memoir : Tears reveal what’s real

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Memoir : Diamond in the Rough

Mom always said I was a diamond in the rough. “You’re an uncut diamond that was dropped, accidentally lost in … More

Memoir : Twisted Sister: Beauty Pageant

At the Miss Koreatown beauty contest in the Baltimore Washington Area, Third Aunt applied so much stage makeup on Sister … More

Memoir : Them Slanty Eyes

“Well, you’re comin’ home with me!” She said matter of factly. “You can stay on board my boat for the … More