Preserved

Cas Wilson 1999 (United States)



Kimchi preserved in jars

is a colorful mass

of fermentation and flora,

the evolution of the vegetables

it consumed.

Memories are imprints

that are saved with a camera

and the memory has become

the photograph.

When we eat Kimchi,

aren't we just

eating photographs?
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Written on January 03, 2024

Submitted by LadyPhantasmagoria on January 06, 2024

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Quick analysis:

Scheme X X A X X A X X X
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 278
Words 63
Stanzas 9
Stanza Lengths 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1

Cas Wilson

Cas Wilson is a twenty-something history and book nerd living in Pennsylvania with their partner. They have been devouring books their entire life with no plans to stop anytime soon. more…

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