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A review by skoppelkam
I Shimmer Sometimes, Too by Porsha Olayiwola
5.0
Somebody else just wrote "god damn" in their review and like... yeah.
Read this black, queer poet and don't expect her to be any one thing.
Favorites were (and going back to see the irreverent titles is a joy):
- "Had my parents not been separated after my father's traffic stop, arrest, and deportation from the united states of America" (beautiful and deeply sad imagining that reminds me of Ross Gay's "A Small Needful Fact"
- "god is good all the time"
- "finding a black queer woman love with whom you are compatible is like finding a watermelon seed lodged in the pupil of a whole friend chicken"
- "i'm the type of fanciful warlock who cooks up irrational fears i my idle mind with a crack plastered between my cheeks"
- "ode to mouth"
- "black spells"
- "un-named"
- "water"
Read this black, queer poet and don't expect her to be any one thing.
Favorites were (and going back to see the irreverent titles is a joy):
- "Had my parents not been separated after my father's traffic stop, arrest, and deportation from the united states of America" (beautiful and deeply sad imagining that reminds me of Ross Gay's "A Small Needful Fact"
- "god is good all the time"
- "finding a black queer woman love with whom you are compatible is like finding a watermelon seed lodged in the pupil of a whole friend chicken"
- "i'm the type of fanciful warlock who cooks up irrational fears i my idle mind with a crack plastered between my cheeks"
- "ode to mouth"
- "black spells"
- "un-named"
- "water"