Tag: women
member name: Maura Alia Badji
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July 11, 2006 12:54 AM EDT --
HEROINES
(for Marilyn Mashburn Lewis and Joan Stuart Ross )
Tall women stride, fast
with bright African
hats, complicated
earrings. Quick women:
moving wits, purple
scarves, wide . . .
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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 21, 2006 01:52 AM EDT --
On Saint Lucy's Day
we ate cucia, little brown balls of grain warm with sugar, milk--early December treat to celebrate the Saint of Light. Until Nana told me-- about the eyes. . . .
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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 19, 2006 12:44 AM EDT --
Beautysick
When I was thin
I bought new lace
underwear by the handful,
push-up bras, sheer hose, red
high heels, tight skirts,
savored feeling insubstantial
skin held fast, belts pulled . . .
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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 10:47 AM EDT --
Witch Works (for Anne Sexton)
The witch weaves
at her word loom,
a luminous grid
woven from waters,
from darkness.
She keeps the shuttle moving,
releases her truth
into partial-light,
. . .
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July 09, 2006 12:21 AM EDT --
No Ribbons, No Flags
She stands on a beach,
beside the armored tank,
its mouth pointing
towards sea. Sky bruised,
the clouds' red shadow
reflected on sand.
She wears . . .
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June 21, 2006 01:45 AM EDT --
Buona Seda, Bedda
During the last summer of her life
I watch my grandmother undress
by the light of a holy candle,
disrobe before Jesus, His merciful eyes,
His Sacred Heart unchanged, . . .
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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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June 22, 2006 12:31 AM EDT --
My rapist
took me home to meet the family off a side street . April. Cold Poughkeepsie. Ululating women swarmed me, sisters soft bees rushed from their hive wrapped in layers, bright fabric, ancient . . .
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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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