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Tomatoes – Asian American Writers' Workshop

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S. Kai Lin is a Fuzhounese American writer, visual artist, and cultural organizer. Their video/poetry work has recently been shown at the Seattle Asian American Film Festival, San Diego International Airport, and the Irvine Fine Arts Center. Find them on Instagram @linnewfish and at www.skailin.com. She makes the most beautiful cakes with her hands, my mother. They’re never too sweet. Translating Anuradha Sarma Pujari’s My Poems Are Not for Your Ad Campaign When I look, the ocean roars. Our language can only approximate the horror of Israel’s bombardment of Gaza. For all the Palestinians on hunger strikes in Israeli prisons If men are the first to leave, why do families still beg their gods to have sons? Moving toward liberation through music in South Africa Today, the sky greets me awake. By morning, everything fizzled. i watch you watch the news, that a body/ prepared for burial is measured at the elbows, and/ worry. “I was invited to a dinner” and “Sagrada Família” On Joma Sison and

Tomatoes – Asian American Writers' Workshop Essays Reportage Marginalia Interviews Poetry Fiction Videos Everything Poetry Tuesday Tomatoes I, like you, came to Earth unexpectedly. By S. Kai Lin Devyn Mañibo Poetry | poetry , Poetry Tuesday February 13, 2024 I, like you, want a garden. the right season and person to grow tomatoes with. I, like you, came to Earth unexpectedly. The rest, like rain, came naturally to me. Every encounter on this planet: a reunion. I, like you, am not who I say I am. Look closely: I might betray my softness. Every birthday, quietly, I wish for true love.

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