babylove

Ishle Yi Park

lil lovely

olive

floating

in da sea of

motherlo

ve

you grow & spin

& curl

inside of

me, a

golden soul

a tiny star

calm

when I

sing ai,

sweet

thing

I write poems

to your daddy daily

to remind him to love me,

a shelter for you,

~

double-helix

miracle of us

two ~

readying a nest

so when you come,

you'll have a home to rest

an

gel

~k

eik

i

sw

eet

ba

by

leading me to Yes.

 

Ishle Yi Park is a mother, wife, poet, singer, and soul surfer whose name means morning dew in Corean. Once upon a time she was the Poet Laureate of Queens, New York. She now feels truly blessed to live in Hawai’i. Issil has performed her poetry & songs at over 300 festivals, colleges, and venues in the United States, Cuba, Aotearoa, Singapore, Corea, Jamaica, and South Africa.

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