Yesterday I walked over to the monthly poetry hour at the library. You know I love it. Many people brought poems relating to independence and freedom — the July theme. None were overtly political. Here’s a sampling:
“Blessings/ Beannacht” by John O’Donohue
“Moths” by Jennifer O’Grady
“I Love Uncertain Gestures” by Valerio Magrelli
“Politeness” and “Independence” by A.A Milne
“A Headstrong Boy” by Gu Chen
“Immortal City” by Indigo Moor, who is the poet laureate of Sacramento I can’t find the poem online — It’s in the poetry collection Tule Review— not sure which volume, but suspect the most recent. Here’s an interview with Moor.
“Learning to Read” by Frances Ellen Watkins Harper
“Rivers Run Through Me” by the Nicaraguan poet Gioconda Belli (My selection. Can’t find it online. It’s below.)
Rivers run through me
mountains bore into my body
and the geography of this country
begins forming in me
turning me into lakes, chasms, ravines,
earth for sowing love
opening like a furrow filling me with a longing to live
to see it free, beautiful,
full of smiles.
I want to explode with love ...
Love,
k
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