Category: Poetry 9

Bloodlines

by ap | Aug 22, 2022 | NEALA LUNA, Poetry 9, PREE 9 | 0 |

NEALA LUNA The imam caught all manner of jinn, trapped them in glass jars; buried them in the dark two feet deep beneath silk cotton trees. His great-grandson once caught a purple jellyfish, entombed tentacles and all in a cocoa...

Ritual for Remaking Yourself/ The Naming of Things

by ap | Aug 21, 2022 | DANIELLE BOODOO-FORTUNÉ, Poetry 9, PREE 9 | 0 |

It’s true,
Sometimes meaning moves through a sound
like current, like darting silver

DANCEHALL

by ap | Aug 21, 2022 | Johanna Gibson, Poetry 9, PREE 9 | 2 |

JOHANNA GIBSON wet bodies and the sound of the bass the dj’s hands, an ode to creation communion calls at the open bar and everyone takes only the blood this dancehall is a crusade praise and worship for all the things lost a...

God Doesn’t Live in the Sky, They Live in the Ocean

by ap | Aug 21, 2022 | Poetry 9, PREE 9, TEJAN GREEN WASZAK | 0 |

TEJAN GREEN WASZAK The pond, a church The bay, a church Carrying the sentimental And peace, like a river. Spirit leaves body briefly to wade, Coconut wata wash off yuh heart. Sometimes I think of not being able to go home When...

Menstrual Thobe

by ap | Aug 21, 2022 | Poetry 9, PREE 9, SUHAYLA HEPBURN | 0 |

SUHAYLA HEPBURN After 23 days of Ramadan, I haven’t touched the Quran, I’m perpetually deducting menstrual days, I feel no shame Yah Sheik, Oh Brother of high esteem knowledge and visual molestation Oh...