From My Life: A name trimmed with colored ribbons
‘A name trimmed with colored ribbons’ by Lyn Hejinian is a Language Poem that requires the listener to use their imagination and creativity to reconstruct and interpret the poet’s childhood fantasies.
A name trimmedย ย ย They are seated in the shadows
with coloredย ย ย ย ย ย ย husking corn, shelling peas. Houses
ribbonsย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย of wood set in the ground. I try to