More silence for Ms. Angelou, once silent for years, but now forever not. With all her words scattered near and far and everywhere translated in between, never ever silent forever. And, more here:
http://www.poetryfoundation.org/poem/178944
from Kin / by Maya Angelou b. 1928
And, more silence. And, more here and here:
http://www.poets.org/poetsorg/poem/what-are-consequences-silence
http://www.poetryfoundation.org/bio/bhanu-kapil
from What are the Consequences of Silence? 53. / by Bhanu Kapil Rider b. 1968
Opening in slow motion: are you okay? Are you okay? Can
you hear me?
(I can’t)
More silence. And, more here:
http://www.poets.org/poetsorg/poem/bone-silence
from Bone & Silence / by Gerald Fleming
…and at last Bone feels entitled to speak to Silence. There are prerequisites: proper depth, aridity, desiccation, ph balance, density, and a kind of confidence.
Silence for this week. Love this one. More here:
http://www.poets.org/poetsorg/poem/what-he-thought
from What He Thought / by Heather McHugh
“What’s poetry?
Is it the fruits and vegetables
and marketplace at Campo dei Fiori
or the statue there?”
More dreams. And, more here:
http://www.poets.org/poetsorg/poem/book-said-dream-and-i-do
from Book Said Dream and I Do / by Barbara Ras b. 1949
The feathers of the birds made the air soft, softer
than the quiet in a cocoon waiting for wings
Another dream. Today, I dream of my daughter, who woke to thirteen, turned teen overnight.
from Postcard to I. Kaminsky from a Dream at the Edge of the Sea / by Cecilia Woloch
I was leaving a country of rain for a country of apples. I hadn’t much time.
And, more blue. Irresistible title. Full text here: http://www.poets.org/poetsorg/poem/blue-beautiful-amy-story-so-90s
from Blue Is Beautiful Amy but the Story Is So the ‘90s / by Farrah Field
Everyone wanted to see a movie where the woman turns to stone.
More blue(s) from a poet born in Alabama in 1953. It also appears that she is a kindred Bruin! The full text is here again: http://www.poets.org/poetsorg/poem/muse-drudge-why-these-blues-come-us.
from Muse & Drudge (why these blues come from us) / by Haryette Mullen
shadows pieced together tears and all
unfurling sheets of bluish music
More blue. From Ploughshares, Spring 2014.
from Ghost Lessons / by Sarah Rose Nordgren
… the tender ward
and inner structures bordered
by a bright blue membrane.
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