The RetroLounge Daily Poem Thread (Tue 4/24/2007)

[RetroLounge]

Eating Together

In the steamer is the trout
seasoned with slivers of ginger,
two sprigs of green onion, and sesame oil.
We shall eat it with rice for lunch,
brothers, sister, my mother who will
taste the sweetest meat of the head,
holding it between her fingers
deftly, the way my father did
weeks ago. Then he lay down
to sleep like a snow-covered road
winding through pines older than him,
without any travelers, and lonely for no one.

Li-Young Lee

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RL

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[CaliforniaPeggy]

1. My dear Retro...

Ah, eating as metaphor for........death?

This is lovely, as all your selections are...

Very moving...

Thank you...:hug:

[wildhorses]

2. thank you for this retro

this one really means a lot to me.