In 1957, Li-Young Lee was born in Jakarta, Indonesia. His parents came from powerful Chinese families. His great-grandfather was the first president of the Republic of China. His father was the personal physician of communist leader Mao Tse-Tung. About six months later, his family moved to Indonesia where his father helped found Gamaliel University, a Christian university. There he taught English and philosophy. Soon after, due to his anti-Chinese attitude, his father was detained in prison for a year. When he was released in 1959, their family embarked on a five-year journey; passing through Hong Kong, Macau, Japan and finally settling in the United States in 1964. When they reached Pennsylvania, his father became a Presbyterian minister. Lee's father tried to influence him to appreciate literature; however, he never took this issue seriously until he enrolled in college. He attended the universities of Pittsburgh and Arizona, as well as the State University of New York at Brockport. He has taught at several universities, including Northwestern and the University of Iowa” (Poets.org, 2014). Lee currently lives in Chicago with his wife and two children. When someone reads their writings, you can visualize their memories about their family and home life. He is able to take the essence of love or sadness from a particular moment in his past and convey it to the reader. An example would be when I read the poem From Blossoms. Reading it, I felt like it was a moment when he was a boy. During the summer, he and another person were walking down a street until they noticed a Peaches stand. Rushing in, he tells how fruitful the farmer's trees were, pointing out how many peaches there were to choose from. It describes the moment you bite into a succulent...... middle of paper ...... the work of, I feel nostalgic. I am transported to a moment in his past. It was interesting to me in the sense that it reminded me of my past. Peaches, his father's love, and Lee's forgetfulness remind me of myself. In a way, he makes me want to appreciate even more what I remember from his poems. Among his works, I haven't found a poem that I didn't like. His poems never rhymed, they were always free verse. Even though they didn't have a rhythm, it read like a story in my head. It is not difficult to see his happiness or his pain when we read one of his poems. Works Cited “Lee, Li-Young”. Emory Postcolonial Studies. NP, 2012. Web. March 16, 2014. “Li-Young Lee.” BOA Authors and poets. NP, 2014. Web. March 16, 2014. “Li-Young Lee.” Poetry Foundation. Poetry Foundation, nd Web. March 16, 2014. “Li-Young Lee.” Poets.org. Academy of American Poets, nd Web. March 16. 2014.