Poemhood by Amber McBride
Author:Amber McBride
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: HarperCollins
Published: 2023-11-28T00:00:00+00:00
Outro: Voices are important. They can yell, shout, scream, cry, and talk. The voices and experiences of Black people are vast. This poem utilizes the image of water to show the vastness of the Black experience and Black culture. Black culture, just like water, seeps into many aspects of society.
Track 5: Loophole of Retreat
Joy Priest
Every Black girl needs a loophole
in the fabric of reality. A special room
where her world is what she imagines,
a place to slip inside, a secret kept
with oneself, a portal out of captivity.
Harriet Jacobs waited in the garret
of her grandmotherâs house for seven
years to escape to freedom. With
only the world she could imagine
to occupy her mind, with only
muffled voices and mice for company.
Denver found an emerald room
of boxwood bushes, where she hid
the scent of wild veronica and herself
from the hurt world, from fear and grief: â
What will be your special place? Dark
hideaway? Hidden room of trees?
What kind of world will you imagine
in your Black girl portal, hiding free?
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