A POEM FOR A SUNDAY: 6/15/25 *
Two poems by Li-Young Lee
Li-Young Lee is one of my favorite poets. Here is an excerpt from his bio at Poetry Foundation :
Lee was born in Djakarta, Indonesia, to Chinese parents, both political exiles from powerful families: Lee’s great grandfather was the first president of the Republic of China, and Lee’s father had been the personal physician to Mao Zedong. While in Indonesi…