"There will be no resistance
More raging
In the hurricane's eye
Than when we say
No."
#Battle #PoetryMatters @TheSpineView
"There will be no resistance
More raging
In the hurricane's eye
Than when we say
No."
#Battle #PoetryMatters @TheSpineView
Sekou, from St Martin/Maarten wrote this collection in response to the American led invasion of the island of Grenada in the 1980s. He called it an "emergency volume". The power of these pieces are undeniable, I've found myself returning again & again to "For Justice" (the final stanza is pictured above). The edition I got included an essay from Caribbean scholar Fabian Adenkule Badejo which added depth to my understanding of the collection
Three cheers for interlibrary loans! Got my hands on this one for my #LitsyPassport visit to St. Martin.
1. Dionysus 🥂 🍷🥂🍷🍾🍷🥂 (but seriously, I find the history of the Great Dionysia evolving into Bacchanalia fascinating) and the Muses (esp. Clio and Thalia)
2. Reading one for #LMPBC and then the tagged book for #LitsyPassport
3. Tap whenever possible, filtered because ours is awful, and COLD!
4. Neither, they are running shoes! 👟
#FridayFrigesDay
@SpeculativeFemale