the slack hip and urban cheek
the kitchen that slicks neck easily
not her tree limb legs
twig like fingers
piano ear or cato skin
(because my daddy is the color of ocean's edge)
but eyes
oh the seeking eyes identical shimmering
glass in both our skulls
Thursday, January 04, 2007
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
Calendar of Events
- June 1- Official Launch of Betty's Daughter Arts Collaborative
- May 10, 7 pm, Gumbo YaYa @ Roses and Bread Women's Poetry Reading, Performance/Body Insallation, Brecht Forum NYC
- May 10, all day, Experimental Theatre Final Performances NYU
- May 7-8, all day, Gumbo YaYa, MA Symposium NYU
- April 23, 6 pm Gumbo YaYa, -ism Gala NYU
- March 26, 7 pm, Gumbo Yaya/ or this is why we speak in tongues, Tisch School of the Arts, Forum Series
- Feb. 7, Brecht Forum, 730, moderating NO! film screening
- Jan. 4, Common Ground Theatre, 8 pm, performance art night---Holding Space (a love poem for Meghan Williams)
- Dec. 12, Ripple in Brooklyn, 8 pm, sharing poetic vibes for a jazz/blues show
- Oct 27, Duke University, 9:45 am, Women Engage Hip-Hop Panel
- Sept 14, PS @ Tisch, How Much Can the Body Hold
- Sept 19, Righetous AIM, NC A & T
- August 31-Sept 2, 75TH Highlander Anniversary
- Anti-prison Industrial complex performance, Durham, NC
- April 30 Shout Out, Carrboro, NC
- April 24 Fingernails Across Chalkboard Reading, Washington, DC
- April 14 Poetry Month Reading, Durham, NC
- 3/31 Ringing Ear Reading, Chapel Hill, NC
- Wednesday 3/21 - 7 pm Miller Morgan Auditorium, Performative Healing and the Work of Ntozake Shange, Lecture
3 comments:
Post a Comment