Category Archives: Poetry
The Family Name
25 May 2008 – Brussels unenrolled undocumented proud outlander throwback 17 August 2008 – Brussels Plant Woman Corn Woman Selu Grandmother raises her hands palms open upward She calls for peace a blanket of truth a land of plenty in … Continue reading
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Wandering
Selu awa do li in English means Please pass the cornbread Some find our way when we know ourselves as strangers and are at peace with wandering. The path is not sad though solitary, not dark even at new moon. … Continue reading
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Memoria
Human * * Mother * * Wife1 Human * * Mother * * Wife2 Human * * Mother * * Wife3 Human * * Mother * * Wife4 Human * * Child * * YoungestChild Human * * Child * … Continue reading
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Today
This post is part of a series. See “Intermittent” for details. Friday, 24 October Today I am stone impervious silent studied dense and grainy I am land weathering humanity indigenous and foreign humble and hostile wholly broken I am still … Continue reading
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One Day in Libra
This post is part of a series. See “Intermittent” for details. Tuesday, 21 October curtain of water steady and soft absorbed ~ ~ ~ echoed by a flat tarred roof burnt leaves calm down the earth ~ ~ ~ orator … Continue reading
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Tori Sings
Nostalgic days these are. Dining at an Italian pizzeria in Flanders, Belgium, I hear the debut album Little Earthquakes of Tori Amos, and am taken back to 1993. A high school friend and I moved into an apartment for the … Continue reading
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Two Weddings and a Museum
Written 12 September 2008, inspired on a very rainy day in the Netherlands. I ventured by foot to the Museum de Wieger from a horse exposition. Upon arrival, a wedding was taking place in the room of the exhibition I … Continue reading
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Fear
I began this poem in the Hiawatha Forest (Trout Lake, MI) and finished it during the Women-of-Color Self-Directed Writers Retreat at the Leaven Center (Lyons, MI). Thanks to Deena, Damita, Jenn, and Resa for feedback on its final form! ********************************************************************* … Continue reading
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What Women Know
Today I enjoyed a circle of women writers, which has gathered for several months. I thank each person for sharing creativity, honesty, and good old fashioned word craft. We begin meetings with a writing prompt, and this week’s starter was … Continue reading
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The Last Seasons of Our Friendship
I composed this poem in 2006 in memory of my friend Samantha, who died in 2002. (To learn more about Sam’s story read “Lessons for the Wider World”.) The poem has four sections: Fall, Spring, Summer, Winter. Due to its … Continue reading
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