Lost Sister
by Cathy Song
‘Lost Sister’ by Cathy Song is a powerful exploration of Chinese cultural identity and what it’s like to immigrate to a new country.
In China,
even the peasants
named their first daughters
Jade—
Cathy Song is a Hawaiian poet whose work often delves into her identity. Her poems are rich in their use of imagery and skilled in their narrative composition. Her first volume of poetry won the 1982 Yale Series of Younger Poets Award.
‘Lost Sister’ by Cathy Song is a powerful exploration of Chinese cultural identity and what it’s like to immigrate to a new country.
In China,
even the peasants
named their first daughters
Jade—
‘The Youngest Daughter’ was published in Cathy Song’s first poetry collection Picture Bride (1983). This poem explores the relationship of an aging daughter and her mother.