Mahogany - Erica Lewis

Descriere Mahogany - Erica Lewis

\nmahogany is about the passing of time and unimaginable loss, strength, humor, and love \n \nmahogany takes its name from the dark wood prized for its durability, workability, and elegant look, and from the Diana Ross movie, whose theme song asks if what lies ahead is what you really want. This book is the third in a trilogy, and like the first two books it is steeped in pop music. Each poem here takes its title from a line of a Diana Ross and The Supremes song, as well as songs from Diana Ross' solo career. Short lines flow down the page like postmodern psalms, connecting dailyness to timelessness, merging the historical and the beloved through reverence for family, music, and the life we actually live. mahogany is a lament for the passing of time and unimaginable loss, and at the same time it models the daily search for joy, and the deep shine that can arise from the darkest times. \n \n[sample poem] \n \ni'm like a woman who once knew splendor* \n \n \nsometimes i feel like the pink panther \nall naked and pink \nlost in the morass of \ndo the best you can today \nand nigga heal thy self \nour end of winter \nspirits break \nlike old tibetan snow \ni remember \nyou was conflicted \nand i found myself alone \nhere on my ancient hurt \nthe disquieting hum \nof living history \ndear god, please \nput my head above my heart \nwe can only be together \nif the stories are told \nplain face \nsame instrument \njust a couple of coke bottles \nfull of gasoline \nlike god and rain \nis a waste of time \nmy mother used to clean houses \nas a child \nsome days i can barely \nget out of bed \nin my mind \nshe's like diana ross \nscrubbing the white lady's stairs \nin lady sings the blues \nexcept prettier \nand with green eyes \ni've just been living \noff of cough drops \nand water and anger \njust sitting in the whole foods \nparking lot eating pineapple \ni am literally \nthe definition of hot mess \npain changes everything \nsomebody come \nand pick up \nmy limp body \noff the ground \ni am dying \na slow ohio death \nwe miss you starman \nit's our first sunrise of the burn \n \n* dark side of the worlderica lewis\n

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Wesleyan University Press

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9780819500762

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