A poem from Mike Ladd reflecting on time, memory, love and ephemerality
A poem from Mike Ladd reflecting on time, memory, love and ephemerality
Heat wave ramblings.
“Known as the “Tenth Muse” or as ‘The Phoenix of America’ due to her formidable achievements in literature and scholarship, she is now revered as an early feminist.”
“Nigerian poet Wendy Okeke uses the dark recent past of political failure, youth angst, and government violence against its own citizens as a point of entrance in poems that resonate with sensuality, self-affirmation, and a continuous search for freedom.”
“Why are you acting like such a fool?”
I nod my head and don’t answer.
I could say something, but why?
Do you want to know what’s in my heart?
From the beginning of time: just this! just this!
Some thoughts on Basho’s spring poems, writings, and journeys, from Arthur Davis.