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: Every Mother is a Queen (tanka in 2 variations)

1)There are fair, kind onesThere are psycho, wicked onesGod bless the good ones.Regardless of how them seem Every mother is … More

Protected: Memoir Prose Poem: Memories of Ahboji (Father) (and my childhood of joyful sorrow)

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Were you raised by a Narcissist? I was : Part One

Some clues that you were raised by a narcissist: you have low self-esteem, you blame yourself for everything, you feel … More

Memoir Prose Poem: Runaway Princess

Chocolate milk and cheesecake only for me/pink walls my mother painted all by herself/with a paint roller on a ladder … More

Memoir Poem: unknown mistakes

I didn’t know it was supposed to be preserved I didn’t know it was a souvenir I was a teenager, … More

Poem: Mom’s collection

I love how you collected figurines protected in glass shelves displayed in elegance right next to children’s toys. McDonalds Happy … More

Poem: no more worries mama

Mama you don’t have to worry about my salvation anymore you can throw that boulder into the abyss where it … More

Poem: Mother’s Day 2020

Preface: I wanted to participate in the eulogy for my mom at her funeral in March of this year but … More

Protected: Memoir: Prose Poem: Scapegoated Freedom: Part One

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Memoir: Attachment Theory explains my role in my family and a haiku for my Halmoni

My life has been on pause since I returned home from my mother’s funeral. I’m depressed about her death and … More

Protected: Poem: losing my hero

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Uhma is gone

My Uhma, my mom passed away last night. My son and I were going to travel to see her one … More

Work Stories: Goodbyes: Part Four (final part)

On the day we argued she must have been in great physical pain because she yelled at me for unknown … 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

Poem: Where I can’t follow (haiku in 6 variations)

1) Here I am again Writing about my mother She’s my obsession. 2) Because I love her Because I can’t … More

Korean Pancakes 🤗❣️

Ryan Reynolds is so hilarious here, I didn’t realize how naturally funny he is. He’s trying Korean pancakes, burning his … More

Poem: lost diamond (haiku conversation in 6 variations)

1) Mother said I was Like a lost diamond that fell No one could see me *2) “You fell in … More

Poem: Love’s unspoken tragedies (haiku in 4 variations)

1) Aromatic mind My mother’s cooking brings home Everywhere she is. 2) Where my mother lives Is always where my … More

Poem: Treestarlight, a poem for my mom

My mother loved Christmas She loved trimming the tree and beamed singing while stringing crystal light stars untangling the multicolored … 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: Poem for my Mom

Times that I knew my conservative mom was cool was when she related to me like a friend. I taped … 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

Protected: Memoir Poem: Mother, a tortured love song for you

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