“Ode to Bruce Lee” by Ed Bok Lee

This poem is from Lee’s American Book Award winning book “Whorled.”

Ed Bok Lee grew up in South Korea, North Dakota and Minnesota. He’s lived in Central Asia and on both American coasts. He now calls the Twin Cities home. His book of poems “Whorled” –published by Coffee House Press in Minneapolis-- won the National Book Award in 2012. That year he read his poem “Ode To Bruce Lee” on the Twin Cities PBS program “MN Original.”

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