Tagged: tradition
the tradition for
the tradition for
wok-frying peanuts is passed down
like a recessive
trait – one discovers the know-how
was hidden here all along
.
20230113:1639
y
we play hand-me-down
we play hand-me-down
traditions – permission to
stay up, make a mess
.
20221211:2056
y
one to weigh the dough,
one to weigh the dough,
one to roll it out, and one
to make golden brown –
and not so suddenly, we
have fresh lefse in the house
.
20221128:1954
y
we ask the world of
we ask the world of
our children, in exchange for the
weight of tradition
.
20220608:1935
y
even holly seizes
even holly seizes
the occasion
in the middle of
winter to catch
snowflakes on her
tongue,
stretching her neck
towards the sky
.
20220115:2005
y
we will gather at
we will gather at
least seven times to pay our
respects, say goodbye –
for both the dead and the living,
loss takes longer to sink in
.
20210819:1747
y
in between cultures
in between cultures
are the stuff dreams are made of –
take what you need, leave
the rest, it takes a whole bunch of
we to become all-embracing
.
20201229:1248
y
we are a handful
we are a handful
of traditions away from
tolerating one
another, another handful
from some kind of understanding
.
20201205:0845
y
our tongues
our tongues
recognize
flatbreads
in every
language
without proper
pronunciation
.
20201201:0852
y
we buy into our
we buy into our
own versions of tradition
every time, picking
and choosing which passages
to chew up or swallow whole
.
20201129:1146
y