Tag: longing
member name: Maura Alia Badji
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July 03, 2006 08:57 PM EDT --
At Cosmo's Diner
What you gonna do with your life?
the man in the all-night diner asked me.
Gonna go to art school or be somebody's wife?
He had tears tattooed under his eyes when he . . .
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June 30, 2006 09:19 PM EDT --
Submarine Blues, International House, Mistaken Identity
My stubborn hair has grown longer since you left for sea;
At night I read the thin blue letters you send to me.
Downstairs Ben . . .
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July 04, 2006 06:46 AM EDT --
Addiction & Subtraction
for Mateo and Jannala
Trap
wrapped layers
prepared
packaged
Soft escape
No landings
continuing . . .
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July 05, 2006 10:41 AM EDT --
A thank you and an explanation
I'd like to thank all those who have offered such thoughtful, encouraging, critical (in the best sense), cogent, deep and insightful commentary on my writing, my poetry . . .
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July 02, 2006 10:13 AM EDT --
Paper boat
loaned by moon
that lazy shark pilot Catastrophe averted--
Johnny Nervebundle Johnny DangerMoney Johnny
Swinghat
Johnny-I-wore-a-dress-for-you-and-this-is-what-I-get? . . .
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July 04, 2006 11:53 AM EDT --
Alia
My middle name
is a town in Sicily
I found on a National
Geographic map, not far
from Piazzo Cangilosi. So close
to my grandfather's name--Congilosi,
meaning with jealousy. Paired . . .
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July 02, 2006 10:23 AM EDT --
Benediction
All day I snap fresh sheets
over antique beds, carry
cart-loads of snowy towels still
warm from the basement laundry,
stop long enough to catch
breeze from a window above
Mohonk . . .
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July 05, 2006 07:09 AM EDT --
Mona, Swan's Wing
As you speak, parting the silence
you wear wrapped round yourself like the black shawl of your hair
I can see you then: youngest of nine daughters, nine sisters
nine swans. . . .
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