Audre Lorde

1934-1992 / Female / American
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AfterimagesI / However the image enters / its force remains within
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A Woman SpeaksMoon marked and touched by sun / my magic is unwritten / but when the sea turns back
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CoalI / Is the total black, being spoken / From the earth's inside.
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From the House of YemanjaMy mother had two faces and a frying *** / where she cooked up her daughters / into girls
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Hanging FireI am fourteen / and my skin has betrayed me / the boy I cannot live without
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If You Come SoftlyIf you come as softly / As the wind within the trees / You may hear what I hear
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Inheritance-HisI. / My face resembles your face / less and less each day. When I was young
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Making Love To ConcreteAn upright abutment in the mouth / of the Willis Avenue bridge / a beige Honda leaps the divider
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Movement SongI have studied the tight curls on the back of your neck / moving away from me / beyond anger or failure
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Never to Dream of SpidersTime collapses between the lips of strangers / my days collapse into a hollow tube / soon implodes against now
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