Tag: personal stories
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 30, 2006 11:27 PM EDT --
Advice For The Newly Beautiful
You won't notice the change at first,
the way people look at you, not
through you. As though studying
the cover of a promising book.
You will walk . . .
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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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July 09, 2006 12:43 AM EDT --
Survivor's song
Better to cry
than to tighten your jaw
til your teeth crack
in your sleep.
Better to talk, to tell.
Unshed tears
may sharpen to razor points
as lethal as avenging daggers . . .
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June 26, 2006 10:58 PM EDT --
Lent
Jesus broke my heart
the Easter I was three, left me
unfit for another for years after.
Each night mother lifted me to his
porcelain form--Infant of Prague, miracle
maker, baby boy I . . .
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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 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 11, 2006 11:26 AM EDT --
My book of poems, Resculpting, is now once again available for sale on AMAZON.COM:
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0964625113/sr=8-1/qid=1152630870/ref=sr_1_1/002-1218955-4265653?ie=UTF8
I have . . .
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July 12, 2006 08:37 AM EDT --
In The House Of The Riddle Mother (a dream)
I.
My mother kisses me
goodbye through Friendly Plastic.
She is melting halfway down
broken stairs when I
remember to shout
Show me your . . .
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July 13, 2006 09:25 AM EDT --
Some online and offline resources: not a complete list
1. Single Mothers Online: http://singlemothers.org/SMO/index.php
2. Single Rose: http://www.singlerose.com/
3. The Complete Single Mother by Andrea . . .
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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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