Audre Lorde (1934-1992) is one of my favorite poets; links to my previous postings of her work in this blog are given below. Here is the opening poem from one of Lorde's collections, The Marvelous Arithmetics of Distance.
Smelling the Wind by Audre Lorde
Rushing headlong
into new silence
your face
dips on my horizon
the name
of a cherished dream
riding my anchor
one sweet season
to cast off
on another voyage
No reckoning allowed
save the marvelous arithmetics
of distance
Here are links to earlier postings that feature work by Lorde: December 6, 2010, November 18, 2013, August 3, 2015. And here is a link to the Poetry Foundation site where one may find a large number and variety of additional poems and other postings to use in celebration of African American History and Culture.
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