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Li-Young Lee
Poems of Li-Young Lee
| 1. | A Story | 1/13/2003 |
| 2. | Braiding | 1/13/2003 |
| 3. | Dreaming Of Hair | 1/13/2003 |
| 4. | Early In The Morning | 1/13/2003 |
| 5. | Eating Alone | 1/13/2003 |
| 6. | Eating Together | 1/13/2003 |
| 7. | For A New Citizen Of These United States | 1/13/2003 |
| 8. | From Blossoms | 1/13/2003 |
| 9. | I Ask My Mother To Sing | 1/13/2003 |
| 10. | My Indigo | 1/13/2003 |
| 11. | Nativity | 1/13/2003 |
| 12. | Out Of Hiding | 1/13/2003 |
| 13. | Pillow | 7/21/2006 |
| 14. | The City In Which I Loved You | 1/13/2003 |
| 15. | The Father's House | 1/13/2003 |
| 16. | The Gift | 1/13/2003 |
| 17. | The Sacrifice | 1/13/2003 |
| 18. | This Hour And What Is Dead | 1/13/2003 |
| 19. | This Room And Everything In It | 1/13/2003 |
| 20. | Visions And Interpretations | 1/13/2003 |
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I Ask My Mother To Sing
She begins, and my grandmother joins her.
Mother and daughter sing like young girls.
If my father were alive, he would play
his accordion and sway like a boat.
I've never been in Peking, or the Summer Palace,
nor stood on the great Stone Boat to watch
the rain begin on Kuen Ming Lake, the picnickers
running away in the grass.
