Twitter tells me it's #WorldPoetryDay. Here's a thread of 15 poems by Asian American poets to read & hear today. Feel free to add your favorites.
"Choi Jeong Min" by @fannychoir
Lawson Fusao Inada, “Healing Gila” poetryfoundation.org/poems/57974/he…
Bao Phi, “Broken/English”
Nellie Wong, “Mama, Come Back” poets.org/poem/mama-come…
Mei-mei Berssenbrugge, “Tan Tien” poetryfoundation.org/poems/53709/ta…
Marilyn Chin, “Brown Girl Manifesto (Too)” poetryfoundation.org/poetrymagazine…
Ishle Yi Park, ”Sa-I-Gu”
Agha Shahid Ali, “Tonight” poetryfoundation.org/poems/51652/to…
John Yau, “Ing Grish” lyrikline.org/en/poems/ing-g…
Myung Mi Kim, from “Civil Bound” poetryfoundation.org/poetrymagazine…
Divya Victor, “Locution/Location” poetryfoundation.org/poetrymagazine…
“Water Grave” by @maider_vang poets.org/poem/water-gra…
Ocean Vuong, ”Someday I’ll Love Ocean Vuong” newyorker.com/magazine/2015/…
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