Besides being a book of poetry about conflict & human experience of war; this book is about everyday life in families. I like it in particular bec...moreBesides being a book of poetry about conflict & human experience of war; this book is about everyday life in families. I like it in particular because several of the poems remind me to slow down and live in the moment of those everyday life events. I also like it because the everyday life events described are from a culture not mine & i get to peek in on the scenery, food, & details of what goes on.
Here's a short one: A Single Slice Reveals Them
An Apple on the table hides its seeds under seamless skin.
But we talk and talk and talk to let somebody in.
(the other poems are pretty different from this one....but this one is short enough to give a sample)
(an here i am typing and typing and typing:-). (less)