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“first writing since” by Suheir Hammad
Think of it as an antidote to jingoistic propoganda masquerading as grief and remembrance that we’ll be bombarded with today.
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Neruda meme!
Begun by Sylvia, then continued here and here and here and here. And now here, and next with you if you choose to post a poem by Pablo Neruda, with English translation, on your blog. It was hard to choose just one, but I chose this one because, despite my love of poetry, it’s one…
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Green Memory
Green Memory (1951) Langston Hughes A wonderful time–the War: when money rolled in and blood rolled out. But blood was far away from here– Money was near.
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Who Said It Was Simple
I’m a bit behind on the blogging and probably won’t catch up until next week. But I just stumbled upon this brilliant poem by Audre Lorde, one of the few by her that I haven’t read before. It reminded me of the recent conflicts that I’ve witnessed between certain white feminist bloggers and women of…