Sample Poems and Prose
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"Marilyn Monroe Sings in Korea, 1954" and "One Who Eats at the Table of Another"
Two poems in the January 2026 issue of VerseVille, edited by Suzanne Lummis.
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"Adoption"
Lee’s poem “Adoption,” from In Praise of Late Wonder, appears in High Country News, October 2024. Includes an audio clip of Lee reading the poem.
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Five poems: "My California," "How to Spend a Birthday," "The Impossible Replication of Desire," "What is Sacred," and "Three Dreams of Korea: Notes on Adoption"
The Poetry Foundation
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"Flight," "My California," "How Music Stays in the Body," "The Birds Outside My Window Sing During a Pandemic"
Academy of American Poets
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Breaking the Dangerous Habit of Silence
Capital & Main
Lee’s essay on how Asian American poets used poetry as a weapon against hate during Covid-era attacks. Published January 2024. -
"The Impossible Replication of Desire"
Poetry Out Loud
The National Endowment for the Arts
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"Truths"
Benjamin Boone. (2020). The Poets Are Gathering. The Orchard Enterprises.
“Truths (feat. Lee Herrick)” released on October 16, 2020.
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"Abecedarian Love Song for Street Food"
Boom California (online)
Published April 2020.
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Lee Herrick reads at Kearney Street Workshop
Kearney Street Workshop, San Francisco, CA
Recorded March 2019.
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Lee Herrick reads at E.P. Foster Library
Ventura County Library, Ventura, CA
Recorded July 2017.
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“Echolocation” and “Repertoire”
Hyphen magazine (online), January 2017.
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"Letter to America"
Terrain.org
Published December 2016.
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Lee Herrick Reads at San Francisco State University's Poetry Center
CSU San Francisco, Poetry Center
Recorded November 2015.
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"Gardening Secrets of the Dead"
Asian American Writers Workshop, NYC
Curated by Jennifer Kwon Dobbs for “Tending the Speculative: Poems from the Asian American Adoptee Diaspora.” (July 2013)
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"If We Are What We Eat"
Sacramento Poetry Center
A reading with Alice Anderson. (April 2013)
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Two Poems
Mascara Literary Review
“Kwi Ch’on” and “Self-Portrait.” (2012)
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Various Poems
From the Fishhouse
Curated by co-founders Camille Dungy and Matt O’Donnell. Includes “Salvation,” “Ars Poetica,” “Dancing Near a Body of Water,” “In the Tower District, Fresno,” “What Is Sacred,” and “A Thousand Saxophones” (2008)