After Watching Minari
Here we have a story; that doesn’t live happily ever; after but goes on, nevertheless. We don’t know exactly; what happened to grandma, only; she is with them like voices in leaves.
Dance With Me
Creating something beautiful out of the terrible. That is my act of resistance.
Motherland
Even now my soul responds to her tune; Motherlands still shelter their own; Always hold on, even when you go, go, go
Two Halves Make a Hole
When you put two halves together you make a whole. This is basic math. But when you merge different ethnicities the rules of math change.
Communi-tea
We are not a myth, Of a minority nor a monolith, Foreign, we are perpetually not. Asians aren’t a footnote, An afterthought
Someday
Someday I hope my child thinks I’m brave for making beautiful things as reminders of beauty.
“So Alive When I’m With Us” Retrospective
In writing on the exhibition, Megan Kim stated: “To work in co-creation with another woman of color, someone who also lives within particular marginalizations, is to threaten the ways in which whiteness would strive to divide us.”
My Friends Have a Car in Louisiana
To the Employee at the DMV
Poem Spoken by Kaylyn Brown - "Stop AAPI Hate"
Seussing Out Difficult Thoughts
How Can You Believe in God at a Time Like This?
A meditation on who God is in the midst of our deepest grief.
Our Anger
December Solstice
A reflection on the long-awaited light that follows the darkest days.
Bee
A meditation on God’s providence.
What Covers Us
A poem reflecting on face masks and cultural fault lines.
A Celebration of Hospitality
A ceramic artist is inspired to honor a food tradition outside of her own culture.
Dear Ollie, Before You Fight Again
A poem for a new arrival on this planet.
Spring 2020
A series of haikus reflecting on this pandemic season.
From Him I Received My Middle Name
A poem of family heritage and memory.