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Karen An-Hwei Lee
Karen An-hwei Lee is provost of Wheaton College in Illinois.
Black on Black in the Beautiful Light
Together, we paint the diaphanous forest of light ...
August 30, 2023
Rule of Life, the Sequel
What is a rule of life but this rustling chatter?
The dialogue of jackdaws, pigeons, and wrens—...
April 18, 2023
Mint Dirge
After the winter, we long for an aromatic caress of mint,for the sprig of new mint on a bathroom sill, the tingleof the soft mint starlight over the blue mint of the sea—...
March 15, 2023
The good day
After the bad day, I pray for good days
in the world. On good days, women
are safe, brushing out their hair
while waiting for God to say hello....
July 21, 2021
Songs of comfort
The friendly cellist with a big heart, a long-time resident
of a neighboring town where I grew up, who received
bouquets from the flower shop where I trimmed roses,...
June 7, 2021
In praise of small living
I do not mind small living. I love the minuteness—
ducks and geese grooming, swans preening lazily,
sharing our rice and beans, spending hours indoors...
May 28, 2021
Dear millennium,
on quarantine dreams
As I wake in the morning, facing the risk
of viral air wafting in open spaces
such as the market, a gas station, or dog park,
I dare to linger at the rows of fat peaches,...
December 28, 2020
Prayer in a cloud of ginger tea
With a prayer, I lower my face in a cloud of ginger tea,
inhaling the promise of its sinus-clearing, herbal fire....
December 7, 2020
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