Americana is on the rise at the moment, and in honor of that, let's take a look at a great poem, "
Poem for Shang Qin" by Christopher Kennedy, from
Plume issue 1, 2011. Americana encompasses many things, from the Puritans and Nathaniel Hawthorne to Whitman and Lana del Rey. In a way, it's a huge spiral of connections both old and new. This poem has an incredible feel to it, one that resonates in a way with this theme:
I’ve been digging my way toward you since the day I was born. I watch the lamplight outside my window turn to diamonds and think of you. A dog barks in my sleep, and I dream of you eating figs under a banyan tree. In the morning, I look at the hopeful yellow sun. I think, What is the old master doing right now? Cursing the darkness?
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