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She begins, and my grandmother joins her.

Mother and daughter sing like young girls.

If my father were alive, he would play

his accordion and sway like a boat.

I’ve never been in Peking, or the Summer Palace,

nor stood on the great Stone Boat to watch

the rain begin on Kuen Ming Lake, the picnickers

running away in the grass.

But I love to hear it sung;

how the waterlilies fill with rain until

they overturn, spilling water into water,

then rock back, and fill with more.

Both women have begun to cry.

But neither stops her song.

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This poem expresses the importance of art in bringing families together. Through the use of song, the author and his mother are able to bridge divisions across generations. This poem also displays the struggles for immigrant as they have to leave their homes behind. This struggle can bring families closer together as they feel isolated from others when living in a new environment.

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Ke Huy Quan wins Best Supporting Actor Oscar

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Ke Huy Quan wins Best Supporting Actor Oscar

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He calls out to his mother after winning an award for his artistic expression. Ke Huy Quan is a refugee from China, this video relates to the poem because it expresses how art can unite families.

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Ke Huy Quan wins best supporting actor Oscar decades after childhood stardom, struggle to find work

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“Some things you forget. Other things you never do. But it’s not. Places, places are still there. If a house burns down, it’s gone, but the place—the picture of it—stays, and not just in my rememory, but out there, in the world.”

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This movie is about a Korean-American family who move to the countryside and struggle with the American dream.

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This film shows the tension between immigrant families as they are forced to adapt to a new culture.

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"Your mother wouldn't approve of how my mother raised me
But I do, I finally do
And you're an all-American boy
I guess I couldn't help trying to be the best American girl

Your mother wouldn't approve of how my mother raised me
But I do, I think I do"

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Mitski - Your Best American Girl (Official Audio)

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This song shows the dissonance between immigrants and typical American society. They may feel pressured to conform and this may lead to insecurity when faced with different American standards. The singer in this song is experiencing this turmoil and by the end of the song she accepts her family and her differences. Mitski also uses the art form of music to connect to her mother and be happy with herself. This relates to the theme of the poem through art connecting generations and immigrant families facing a new environment.

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This article discusses the history of Li Young Lee growing up as a child of Chinese immigrants. Immigrating can be a traumatic experience and harm families. However, it is that struggle that may also bring families together as they grapple with an unknown world.

The importance of familial connection with immigrant families is astronomical. These relationships unite them in the face of adversity. Li Young Lee uses art and poetry to express these connections.

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Beyond Lot's Wife: The Immigration

Poems of Marilyn Chin, Garrett Hongo,

Li-Young Lee, and David Mur