Monday, January 13, 2003

Eating Together Comments

Rating: ★4.0

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,
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Li-Young Lee
sister Brothers
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Walterrean Salley 23 November 2016

(Eating Together by Li-Young Lee.) **A wistful meal for the poet.

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Madathil Rajendran Nair 13 March 2015

A fantastic poem that can be interpreted a million ways. Yes, the last lines moves and that snow-covered road imagery is truly fantastic. 10+++++++++++

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Walter Durk 02 October 2007

This is a nice expression.

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Anne Manuel 21 July 2006

he lay down to sleep like a snow-covered road.. Very good imagery

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Michael Shepherd 18 March 2005

The last four lines had me in tears.

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