Greetings Family!
In the times we live in there are so many ways to recognize your tribe. Asha French reached to to me first across the strong connection of mutual black feminist loved ones as a mother. From across the cybernetic clearing I am watching Asha build and nurture given and chosen family in ways that make me believe in black feminism as a daily practice even more. This is for Asha and the tiniest member of the Crunk Feminist Collective, both teaching us so much every second of the day!!!!!
And as I think about defining daughterness (sic) I am again washed over in gratitude for all of you and your support for this step in my journey of chosen daughtering in the legacy of Audre Lorde as a black feminist ancestor and Gloria Joseph as an exemplary elder. Thank you so much for supporting me to accept Gloria Joseph's invitation to go to St. Croix and to build with her and learn more about that part of Audre Lorde's life!!!
I learn so much from writing each of these poems...so for your own dedicated love poem inspired by a poem in Lorde's Marvelous Arithmetics of Distance join the love movement here: http://alexispauline.chipin.com/praise-the-lorde-st-croix-dream-trip
Daughter Defined
For Asha French
After Audre Lorde’s “The One Who Got Away”
beyond glamour
wholeness waits
season-all magic
last seen at no matter what
last heard singing life saving lullabies
last known for kissing the future
the bottom of the day will swell
to fit the dreams packed in
beyond what is fair
or combustible
morning will press up at the sun
life smell bright
faith ransom itself home
daughter
is that dangerous word
that silences guilt-mongers
forcefield to bloodhounds
cutting the air out of any selfish sound
daughter is the name
that means you will grow
moonbeams in a windowsill
dig rootcellars into books
float friendships across clearings
she means
look how she possible
anything worth it
jar water miracle
love lining lace
daughter means
whatever happens
yes beyond yes
beyond
yes
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