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from "Nectarines":
Then, Julie tells me later, "you guys can be the nectarine sisters!" I say, "More like she’s a beautiful rosy peach. I’m a lovely purple plum. And together we make a nectarine!" Nectarine family love!
Terry Hong: "I consider myself Korean and American. A Korean American is a hybrid product of both U.S. and Korean countries and cultures." Beat. I am proud we helped develop the nectarine.
For Javier’s belated birthday, I decide to make him a sundae. Caramel chips. Vanilla ice cream. Lines of poetry as topping. Before we take a bite, I add his favorite: Fresh plump pieces of nectarines!
"The first wave of immigrants from Korea began to arrive in the early 1900s." "Harry Kim (Kim Hyung-Soon) created history in 1921 with the 'Fuzzless Peach' otherwise known as the Sun Grand Nectarine."
My parents made love sometime in the year of 1983. I was born in the Hollywood hospital. I have dad’s mouth & mom’s eyes. I’m a crossbreed. Or a hybrid. Magnificent mixed breed. Am I a nectarine?
Margaret Rhee writes poetry in the morning, teaches ethnic lit in the afternoon, and researches race, gender, and sexuality at night. Dreams—digital or otherwise—tend to occur all day long. In 2004, she attended the inaugural Kundiman retreat where, in the hot, humid, and beautiful Virginia landscape, she fell in love with poetry.
Then, Julie tells me later, "you guys can be the nectarine sisters!" I say, "More like she’s a beautiful rosy peach. I’m a lovely purple plum. And together we make a nectarine!" Nectarine family love!
Terry Hong: "I consider myself Korean and American. A Korean American is a hybrid product of both U.S. and Korean countries and cultures." Beat. I am proud we helped develop the nectarine.
For Javier’s belated birthday, I decide to make him a sundae. Caramel chips. Vanilla ice cream. Lines of poetry as topping. Before we take a bite, I add his favorite: Fresh plump pieces of nectarines!
"The first wave of immigrants from Korea began to arrive in the early 1900s." "Harry Kim (Kim Hyung-Soon) created history in 1921 with the 'Fuzzless Peach' otherwise known as the Sun Grand Nectarine."
My parents made love sometime in the year of 1983. I was born in the Hollywood hospital. I have dad’s mouth & mom’s eyes. I’m a crossbreed. Or a hybrid. Magnificent mixed breed. Am I a nectarine?
Margaret Rhee writes poetry in the morning, teaches ethnic lit in the afternoon, and researches race, gender, and sexuality at night. Dreams—digital or otherwise—tend to occur all day long. In 2004, she attended the inaugural Kundiman retreat where, in the hot, humid, and beautiful Virginia landscape, she fell in love with poetry.
- GenresPoetry
24 pages, ebook
First published August 1, 2011
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December 10, 2011
I reviewed this chapbook and Kim Koga's "Ligature Strain" for Lantern Review here: http://lanternreview.com/blog/2011/11...
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