January 2010
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WIP: Bassey Speaks To Herself
Inspired by a poem by the brilliant Safia Elhillo. She can be reached at www.oddballsdontbounce.blogspot.com. I have to admit that I’m embarassed and feel guilty that so much is going on in Haiti and the world yet I feel trapped in my own head. I apologize if anyone is offended by my lack of words on the subject. I don’t know what to say. It’s all too big and I can barely...
“I start to feel like I can’t maintain the facade any longer, that I may just...”
– Elizabeth Wurtzel
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WIP: Questions for Lauryn
I’ve been working on a poem for Lauryn Hill for almost 2 years and I could never get it together. I was letting way too many of the articles and gossip influence the content and I needed to remember what I felt and why. But still I’d look at it and hate and try again and hate it. Last week, I deleted the whole thing. It just wasn’t going to happen. Yesterday, I read this...
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Poem: Full of Grace
I haven’t written a poem in months. This happened when I was writing chapter summaries for my book. If you didn’t know already, I am the reigning Queen of Procrasti Nation (Just north of Pandora). I will find a way to waste time. Twitter be damned. But at least it’s writing. I’m not sure what it’s about. Or I know what it’s about and I don’t want to tell...