April is the month of crocuses, light jackets after an endless season of heavy coats, and poetry.
Poetry and I have a complicated relationship. It used to be my Thing, a long time ago.
Poetry is a reminder of paths I didn’t take, paths I only half-took, paths I could still take someday.
Poetry is a reminder that the internet, for all the good it brings (and it brings so much), changes my brain in ways that make it harder to connect with something deep in my core. With the silence that I need to move beyond prose.
Sometimes, in an ironic twist, the internet even brings poetry.
And so, I present a few of my favorite poems that I’ve come across recently, in no particular order:
Scherezade Siobhan: colored girls won’t be televised
Audre Lord: A Litany for Survival
Suheir Hammad: First Writing Since (Poem on Crisis of Terror)
Autostraddle interviews Lauren Zuniga (contains videos of multiple poems)
Aimee Nezhukumatathil: After the Auction, I Bid You Good-bye
Leah Lakshmi Piepza-Samarasinha: the city of my desire
Thanks for including me in this! It’s a big compliment to be sitting alongside these names…
You’re welcome! I love your poetry.
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