"Imagination is branched, flowering, / and each fans the buds himself."

— Lee, Li-Young (b .1957)

Author

Lee, Li-Young (b .1957)

Work Title

The Word from his Song

Date
April 24, 2011
Metaphor
"Imagination is branched, flowering, / and each fans the buds himself."
Metaphor in Context
Flying fixes the heart to the sky's wheel, he says.
Salt cures the spirit.
Light is a fractal script.
Imagination is branched, flowering,
and each fans the buds himself.
(p. WK 10)
Categories
Plant::Branch Plant::Flower Plant::Bud
Provenance
Reading
Citation
Li-Young Lee, "The Word from his Song" New York Times April 24, 2011. <Link to NYTimes.org
Date of Entry
04/24/2011

The Mind is a Metaphor is authored by Brad Pasanek, Assistant Professor of English, University of Virginia.