Poetry Breaks: Li-Young Lee Reads "Eating Together"

The Poetry Breaks series is a series of videos filmed in the late 1980s and early 1990s by creator Leita Luchetti, who co-produced the series with the WGBH New Television Workshops. Poetry Breaks features short videos of internationally renowned poets reading their work, reading the work of other poets, and discussing their takes on poetry in a variety of locations. The Academy of American Poets has partnered with Luchetti to present these videos once again.

[@jackgalmitz]

Deeply moving. And a superior trope for the death of his father. Magnificent poet.

[@bananastrimaitis697]

who else had to go here for class

[@celiavickybakari4563]

Me

[@GadonSpace]

Same

[@chinnychicello3086]

0:34 "
In the steamer, is the trout
seasoned with slivers of ginger,
two sprigs of green onion, and sesame oil.
We shall eat it with rice for lunch,
brothers, sister, my mother who will
taste the sweetest meat of the head,
holding it between her fingers
deftly, the way my father did
weeks ago. Then he lay down
to sleep like a snow-covered road
winding through pines older than him,
without any travelers, and lonely
for no one.

[@GloriaJWimberley]

✨👏✨Visceral and resonant✨

[@ThingsoftheSort]

He's such a BABE 😍❤‍🔥

[@benspoetrychannel2109]

Now I want some trout. lol. Seriously, though, that was a short and sweet poem.

[@AirAfter]

[@dashaevevo9100]

Omg so I saw this in class today my la/reading teacher showed this to us and our whole class was laughing so hard I’m so sorry

[@vishnu2407]

What's wrong with you