Angel & Hannah

and always.
To my brother, for surviving me, and for surviving with me. Saranghe. Gomahwuhyo.

To my daughters —
my life’s sweetest blessings —
Sulei Bada Hiva Kai’a Xaxa
&
Senai’a Atarangi
~ Saranghe ~
To my first love
to all first loves
to all lovers
to all love
to love
love


photo: © Sulei Watene
Ishle Yi Park is the author of The Temperature of This Water, published by Kaya Press. Her first book is the winner of an Asian American Literary Award (Members’ Choice) and the PEN Open Book Award. Her poems have appeared in publications such as Ploughshares, Manoa, Barrow Street, and Century of the Tiger: One Hundred Years of Korean Culture in America. She is the first woman to become the poet laureate of Queens, New York. She lives in Hawai’i with her family.
ishleyipark.com


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