I don’t know what to say other than that this poem needs to be read. By as many people as possible.
I don’t know…
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While waiting for summer, we explore the arts in full–
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While waiting for summer, we explore the arts in full–
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I don’t know what to say other than that this poem needs to be read. By as many people as possible.
Open Arts Spring 2023 
Agreed, JNaz. This surely must be the best (by far) Poets Respond poem Rattle Magazine has published. When I read it this morning, I was stunned & am stunned still. Every stanza has at least one stunner, for instance, a line break such as this “…when the white / man trying to enter me / in a database…” I mean, it makes my eyes water.
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Yes, Teri, that just stopped me in my tracks. And it makes my eyes water too…
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I thought the poem was extremely powerful. It’s emotionally hard to read and intellectually challenging for me, but it is a poem well worth reading and rereading….
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I agree, Barbara. Reading and rereading and reading again. And yes, it is challenging on every level.
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