Sagun Limbu lives, works and studies at Endicott College. She wrote us: “My name is Sagun. In my language it means a gift. All my life, I have been traveling from Nepal to India to Hong Kong and now America. I am getting scared about the fact that my stomach has started to crave pasta more than rice!”

Sagun Limbu

Almost Purple

Smile at a pile of almost purple grapes

want to eat them right now

smile at a pile of almost purple grapes

like small pebbles I put together

as a child

like olives but not exactly the same

taste

like wild berries in my grandfather’s

backyard in Nepal

Almost purple

maroon grapes

want to eat them all,

empty the container

Almost purple grapes like-

tamarind on a chilly day.

— Sagun Limbu

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