Tag: people
member name: Maura Alia Badji
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June 26, 2006 02:21 AM EDT --
Buffalo-bound
Walking through the Albright-Knox
Museum-- waking sleeper in moving
dream picks up the trail left
thirty years before: I find my way,
track childhood's promises. . . .
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June 26, 2006 09:10 PM EDT --
I Don't Remember Where
I was heading when the biker
hailed me as I walked down the hill
to Main Street, carrying a small Catholic Bible.
I don't remember being on my way to . . .
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June 29, 2006 11:32 PM EDT --
Party at the rectory, 1980
End of summer and hadn't we proved
affirmative action worked
as we awkwardly circled the punch bowl,
the line of wine bottles, the greasy snacks?:
2 Brits, 4 . . .
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June 29, 2006 11:43 PM EDT --
Listening For Fish in Poughkeepsie
They hang onto my arms and legs. As we pass the river, five children pull me to water we can't touch or swim, to wave as The Clearwater Sloop . . .
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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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June 28, 2006 09:04 AM EDT --
Spoken word tales
I invite you all to send stories of your first, last, or most memorable experiences at spoken word events. Whether you were a performer or an audience member, let's hear it. . . .
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July 04, 2006 12:45 PM EDT --
Douglas
In your James Dean jacket
so self-contained,
you'd ignite, in white heat
if I rubbed against you.
We're a match. I'm watching a movie,
watching you, again,
watching you . . .
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July 05, 2006 05:50 AM EDT --
Late Valentine
I have been waiting for you to break me
open, a blossom unbound from tight bud.
I have been waiting, not placidly, not
lazily; I have watered and tilled in your absence . . .
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July 05, 2006 06:52 AM EDT --
The Meek Shall Inherit
Thick overcoat of talcum
dusts half-used jars--
face creme, perfume,
cheap and rare,
infinity of hair treatments--
dry, normal, damaged. I survey
damp . . .
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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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June 28, 2006 08:58 AM EDT --
Spoken word tales
I invite you all to send stories of your first, last, or most memorable experiences at spoken word events. Whether you were a performer or an audience member, let's hear it. . . .
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