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THE TWENTY SECOND YEAR

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At birth, we are all sentenced to life- to live. Highest Rankings: #4 in poembook #4 in poemcollectio... Mehr

UNCHAINING, OR ARS POETICA
I.
AT THE END OF THE TWENTY FIRST YEAR
IN THE MORNING
THE TWENTY SECOND YEAR
DESPERATION STUDY
THE DEAD GRANDMOTHER POEM
HISTORY OF STARVING CANINES
AN INTERPRETATION
A SYNONYM
MY MOTHER ASKS ME IF SOMETHING IS WRONG
PERSISTENCE
MY FATHER IS NOT A POET
THE WANTING
II.
VITAL NECESSITY
THE MISEDUCATION OF THE NEGRO
UNTITLED HAIKU
FROM BIRTH, JEZEBEL
FIRST DECLARATION
A SYNONYM
WE HUNT WE THIRST WE HUNGER
PROCLAMATION 95
POSSESSIONS
'COLORED' :: 'PERSON OF COLOR'
TO SPEAK FROM THE WOUND
THE LAST TEST
SELF-PORTRAIT AS MOSES TURNING AWAY FROM A BURNING BUSH
III.
BLESS THE COLOR
WE ARE ALL JUST TINY FISH WANTING TO FEEL WARM
THE TWENTY SECOND YEAR
PETITION
SELF-PORTRAIT AS REVELATION
YOUR THINGS, OUR THINGS, MY THINGS
SATURDAY EVENING
IV.
BORN NONWHITE AND WOMAN
SPEAKING OF ORIGINS
WHAT A GIRL WANTS/WHAT A GIRL NEEDS
UNTITLED HAIKU
A POETRY OF SPITE
AFTER BEAUTY BY SOLMAZ SHARIF
POLITE HUNGER
AMERICAN POETRY
AMERICAN FICTION
EXIGENCY
NOTES

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THE TWENTY SECOND YEAR

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At birth, we are all sentenced to life- to live. Highest Rankings: #4 in poembook #4 in poemcollection © z. t. corley, 2024

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UNCHAINING, OR ARS POETICA

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after Audre Lorde

The difference between poetry and rhetoric
is whose chains
you
are trying to break.

If the chains of the world—poetry.
If the chains of the masters—rhetoric.

The master's chains are a mirage.
The real chains are the ones we are taught to crave.

I want to break the chains of the self.

Question: How do I break the chains of the self?

Answer:

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