Written ‘In Synergy’ with “Ways of Knowing” by Isabel Avila
We did library
Monday Thursday
certain like sunrise
the paper card a passport
expire pocket glued to The End
Her in the adult section
me across the hall dodging
Dick and Jane
seeking worlds not harnessed
to Negro and poor
I will come to know my hunger
as ancestral cravings
descendant of limbs severed
for learning to read
each turned page
rattles dry bones
raptures alphabets
S. Pearl Sharp has focused her work on cultural arts, health, Black Diaspora history and artistic collaboration. In 2020 We Rise merged her poems with others’ art and photography into story sculptures mounted around Los Angeles. Poetry offerings include print collections, 2 poetry w/jazz CDs, broadsides, and putting poetry on film in art videos and documentaries. Her commentaries and essays broadcast on NPR are collected in The Evening News. S. Pearl closed out 2021 with Thank-You Notes, the premiere ensemble performance of her songs and song poems. www.spearlsharp.com
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