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“and when we speak we are afraid our words will not be heard nor welcomed but when we are silent we are still afraid. So it is better to speak remembering we were never meant to survive.”
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Though Audre Lorde’s writing is fantastic, the layout of this book wasn’t for me. I listened to the audiobook, which was read very well. However, front loading all of the prose, including speeches, and leaving the poetry until the last section made it less engaging for me than it could have been if the poetry had been purposefully and thoughtfully interspersed between prose pieces.
terrifyingly good. sharp, evocative, genius.
the uses of the erotic has to be one of the best essays ever written.
i will leave off with the final words of one of my favourite poems in the collection:
"This could be the day.
I could slip anchor and wander
to the end of the jetty
uncoil into the waters
a vessel of light moonglade
ride the freshets to sundown
and when I am gone
another stranger will find you
coiled on the warm sand
beached treasure and love you
for the different stories
your seas tell
and half-finished blossoms
growing out of my season
trail behind
with a comfortin hum.
But today,
is not the day.
Today."
the uses of the erotic has to be one of the best essays ever written.
i will leave off with the final words of one of my favourite poems in the collection:
"This could be the day.
I could slip anchor and wander
to the end of the jetty
uncoil into the waters
a vessel of light moonglade
ride the freshets to sundown
and when I am gone
another stranger will find you
coiled on the warm sand
beached treasure and love you
for the different stories
your seas tell
and half-finished blossoms
growing out of my season
trail behind
with a comfortin hum.
But today,
is not the day.
Today."
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