"Wherever I looked that summer I learned to be at home with children's blood."
“This is what poetry is for,” i explain to my spouse after reading it aloud to him. His reaction, “not exactly a happy poem.”
“This is what poetry is for, for you to experience the words… not just hear them.”
Thank you for this one.☝️
I love Audre Lorde's work. So forceful and imaginative.
I have a book of all of her published work.
I try to emulate her style.
This stunning poem of Audre Lorde's, written almost 30 years ago, is heart gutting...and here we are, unfortunately not so far from those brutal images...
“This is what poetry is for,” i explain to my spouse after reading it aloud to him. His reaction, “not exactly a happy poem.”
“This is what poetry is for, for you to experience the words… not just hear them.”
Thank you for this one.☝️
I love Audre Lorde's work. So forceful and imaginative.
I have a book of all of her published work.
I try to emulate her style.
This stunning poem of Audre Lorde's, written almost 30 years ago, is heart gutting...and here we are, unfortunately not so far from those brutal images...