Suji Kwock Kim is an Korean American poet, more widely known for her works describing the terrors of warfare, the turmoil of loss, importance of community and emotions. Her prestige poetic voice and essence made her the first Asian American in history to achieve the Walt Whitman Award of the American Academy of Poets. One of Kim’s award winning poems, “Monologue for an Onion”, is written from the perspective of an onion being cut up by a person; As Kim is describing the scene with all 5 senses, and how the onion feels about the person mutilating its body, can the reader really understand the satirical and metaphorical power of her words. Suji Kwock Kim’s satire, “Monologue for an Onion” is not written about the onion itself, as the onion is
