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One Heart

Li-Young Lee, Li-Young Lee poetry, Secular or Eclectic, Secular or Eclectic poetry, poetry, [TRADITION SUB2] poetry, poetry by Li-Young Lee
(1957 - ) Timeline

Original Language
English
Secular or Eclectic
Contemporary

Look at the birds. Even flying
is born

out of nothing. The first sky
is inside you, open

at either end of day.
The work of wings

was always freedom, fastening
one heart to every falling thing.

 

 

-- from Book of My Nights, by Li-Young Lee

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/ Photo by hashmil /

Themes

  Birds
  Birth, Rebirth
  Freedom
  Heart
  Sky


Recommended Books


Behind My Eyes: Poems, by Li-Young Lee
Book of My Nights, by Li-Young Lee
The City in Which I Love You, by Li-Young Lee
Rose, by Li-Young Lee

 

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