memory in movement/the groundings with my mothers
movement is not
always departure
from self
movement is not
always departure
from self
though what i made of you
was sobriquet
a projection of forces both within and beyond me were clear,
a mirror forged by fire
i savor
the wisdom of elders
John La Rose, Ayana Mathis, and more!
Otegha Uwagba, Dennis Scott, and more!
Jean Casimir, Naomi Long Madgett, and more!
Langston Hughes, Victor LaValle, and more!
Edwidge Danticat, Aime
Cesaire, and more!
Fred Moten, Tdka Kilimanjaro, Anna Malaika Tubbs, and more!