Thank you for sharing the essay by Audre Lorde — “distillation of experience, not word play” (or something like that). Honestly, sometimes in the “poetry” world I flounder through works that do not provide grounding: specific details about time, person, place, etc. instead the language is intimidating and abstract. At all levels of education, we carry an ability to react to the light around us, to make art. As diminished in the real world as the pursuit can be, it’s as necessary as breathing, not a luxury.
You keep on keeping on gurl, can’t wait til your book is out.
Thank you for sharing the essay by Audre Lorde — “distillation of experience, not word play” (or something like that). Honestly, sometimes in the “poetry” world I flounder through works that do not provide grounding: specific details about time, person, place, etc. instead the language is intimidating and abstract. At all levels of education, we carry an ability to react to the light around us, to make art. As diminished in the real world as the pursuit can be, it’s as necessary as breathing, not a luxury.
You keep on keeping on gurl, can’t wait til your book is out.