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Jul 31
Amplify Poets of Color, Day 30
After the Auction, I Bid You Good-Bye by Aimee Nezhukumatathil You elbow me with your corduroy jacketwhen a box chock-full of antique marbles comes up.I can’t hear your whispers above the auctioneer’s racket. The clipped speech of the auctioneer crackedme up when you impersonated him in bed. Like a wild, thick mopI soak up every copper …
Jul 30
Amplify Poets of Color, Day 29
Talent by Layli Long Soldier my first try I made a hit it dropped from morning gray the smallest shadow both wings slippedinward mid-flight the man barked Now I shot again and again a third time with each arrowthrough the target I thought was it luck or was it skill luck or skill as the …
Jul 29
Amplify Poets of Color, Day 28
Sweet Onion Soup by Tim Seibles When a man is killedthe wind doesn’t cool his faceand the sky is like an urn, likea painted bowl turned over on him.He’s so weak lying there—his hand is like a starfish too far from the sea.He would like to lift it up andplace it over his face to …
Jul 28
Amplify Poets of Color, Day 27
Passive Voice by Laura Da’ I use a trick to teach studentshow to avoid passive voice. Circle the verbs.imagine inserting “by zombies”after each one. Have the words been claimedby the flesh-hungry undead?If so, passive voice. I wonder if thesesixth graders will recollect,on summer vacation,as they stretch their legson the way homefrom Yellowstone or Yosemiteand the …
Jul 27
Amplify Poets of Color, Day 26
Anasazi by Tacey M. Atsitty How can we die when we’re already prone to leaving the table mid-meal like Ancient Ones gone to breathe elsewhere. Salt sits still, but pepper’s gone rolled off in a rush. We’ve practiced dying for a long time: when we skip dance or town, when we chew. We’ve rounded out …