the applause of dead mothers
Han Khan evokes the memory of his mother through cooking daal. The poem takes the form of a Garland cinquain, a poetry form using fixed syllable counts for each line
Appa
“remind / my taste buds that they are alive” – in this evocative poem, Thirangie Jayatilake relishes the foods that connect her to families and cities.
Black Kitchen
An ode to Southern cooking and AAVE.