National Poetry Month: Student Poets
on the outskirts
by Katarzyna Kozanecka
a khaki convoy nearing
and farthering away,
stirring crows to wing,
kicking up mud in flecks
against the house-wall
on which hangs a poster
for a film; the house-wall
around whose corner a dog
hangs by the throat,
its snowed coat thawing,
its snowed coat thawing.
the film is przed-wiosna,
before-spring.
made in west in west west.
i’ve no eyes for it.
my winter’s longer than that world’s
by an arm of rope.
may you forgive me
by Alice Chan
finding your unwritten
notes oh what have you not done, unpainted
monsters in history: for example “the creative
romans had more than one means of crucifixion” – t
for time and x for space every variable of
hidden haggard graves formed
every diurnal turn of unswept earth. in digging (may you
forgive me for not knowing you) i find a
violin with a twisted neck. charred
scarred by efficient virtue of our contemporary
ovens, it did happen
again what dying-posts have we today created across
splintered skies what
apologies must i make for (in)humanity
goodnight i love you world
Poetry events:
Friday, April 11, 5-7 PM
Hunter College, President’s Conference Room, E. 68th St. and Lexington Ave, 17th floor.
Celebration of the paperback publication of June Jordan’s Some of Us Did Not Die: New and Selected Essays. For reservations: (212) 772-5185
Saturday, April 12, 2-4 PM
Center for the Humanities at the Graduate Center/CUNY
Fifth Avenue at 34th St., Elebash Recital Hall
In Tribute to June Jordan: A Panel Discussion on Poetry, Politics & Performance. For tickets and reservations: (212) 817-8215
Sunday, April 13, 1-5 PM
Teachers & Writers Collaborative, 5 Union Square West
Marathon Reading of the Poetry of June Jordan. Come and join us anytime from 1-5 PM
