Tag: random musings
member name: Maura Alia Badji
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June 21, 2006 10:03 PM EDT --
The first two articles missed the point entirely. This article is imbued with a subtle richness due to the olive oil used by the author in her evening salad.
I have some news for you: I am . . .
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July 06, 2006 10:45 PM EDT --
Calling Angels
The graveyard glowed
that night, some lost planet
in the moonlight.
Not so strange a place
for tenderness or love. Slow
we walked, no words between us.
Filled the gaps . . .
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July 24, 2006 07:39 AM EDT --
A poetic comparison
...and the heart that is soonest awake to the flowers,
is always the first to be touched by the thorns.
Thomas Moore
But he that dares not grasp the thorn
should never . . .
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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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July 23, 2006 01:18 PM EDT --
My dear Gather familia, please stop by and lend me your remedies and recipes for getting over heartbreak. How best does one get over the loss of a love, especially when one initiated . . .
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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 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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June 26, 2006 02:14 AM EDT --
Breakfast
My grandfather's hands, staniatata's hands-- tin-smith's hands,are three times the size of mine. His hands circle the brown and tan mug of sweet black coffee he drinks all day. In . . .
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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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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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July 11, 2006 12:14 AM EDT --
Muse, 1924
When, in the night, I wait for her, impatient,
Life seems to me, as hanging by a thread.
What just means liberty, or youth, or approbation,
When compared with the gentle piper's . . .
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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 08, 2006 11:49 PM EDT --
Rememory
Afterwards,
there were months spent
scraping myself clean
against solid rock,
baring bone,
muscle, blood, stone.
Until I learned
I didn't have to hurt
to get better, that . . .
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July 15, 2006 07:22 AM EDT --
Woman in The Moon
Full Moon
My womb a room
Preparing itself
Unknown, Full
Moon glowing soon
My hope a rune
Unreadable, full
Moon growing room
A gourd hollowed
To hold a tune, full
Moon . . .
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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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