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Category: Korean American

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

Korean American, Mother, Poetry, South Korea, Tanka

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

Grief, haiku, Korean American, Poetry, Racism, self esteem

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

Healing, Korean American, Memoir, Mother, Oakland, San Francisco, Writing

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

Domestic Violence, Korean American, Memoir, Mother, self esteem

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

Asian American, Harriet Tubman controversy, Identity, Korean American, media, politics, Racism

Joseph Kim’s inspirational story made me cry

hope, Korean American, NorthKorean Defector, Survivor

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

Daewon Song, Skateboarding

(Awkwafina) Nora goes to the Casino

Awkwafina

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

Korean American, Memoir, Poetry

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

Asian American, Korean American, media, programming, Racism, Shang Chi

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

Identity, Korean American, Poetry, South Korea

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

Identity, Poetry, politics, rape culture, South Korea

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

Love, Memoir, Mother, Poetry

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

Mother, Poetry

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

Grandmothers, Identity, Immigration, Korean American, Languages, Memoir, South Korea, Survivor, Trauma

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

Asian American, Immigration, Korean American, Poetry

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

cultural appropriation, Racism, Star Wars

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

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A Handmaid’s Tale, Asian American, Creative Nonfiction, Domestic Violence, Feminism, Memoir, Trauma

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

Asian American, Creative Nonfiction, Immigration, Korean American, Memoir, Oakland, Racism, San Francisco

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

Recent Posts

  • Poem: Witch Doctors February 20, 2021
  • Poem: Realized (haiku) February 18, 2021
  • The Neuro-linguistic Programming Techniques of MSM and Freemasonry: Part 2 February 10, 2021
  • Poem: Lady Gaga is that you? (haiku) February 9, 2021
  • Poem: The Red Pill Has No Cure February 6, 2021
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