Chris Kim

Chris Kim is a sophomore at The Governor's Academy. A classics scholar, his poems argue with old Romans and occasionally win. He began an Aequora site with the Paideia Institute, researches Roman satire and elite narrative control, and is preparing for Ephebeia, a classics journal. Between translations, he watches Miyazaki after reading the source novels—ritual—and makes killer bentos: bear-shaped purple rice onigiri, beef don with a curry-ketchup smile. Seeing his eater's reaction keeps him full!

“Ripe Grape,” “an Idyll for,” and “Flora&Fauna (3026)”

when sweetness was simple
fruit split easily
their light filled my mouth.

the world was
clear juice, spring air
round and right as a grape.
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