Poem from our readings: Lucille Clifton's "September Song"
Poem from my collection: "Was he Black? (an oldie but goodie) or "Suffering in Silence" (a newbie)
The newbie will go in the zine
The newbie will go in the zine
Bio: Venus wages peace through poetry
Bringing to the table? wine and or sparking cider
SUFFERING IN SILENCE (for 9/11 families who want to forget)
By Venus Jones
I was silent yesterday/ You know when you've said
everything there is to say about a dismal day/ Kind of silent/ When you
want terrible memories to simply fade away/ Kind of silent/ I've said it
already/ In different ways/ a thousand times/ Some people still
haven't found their missing/Voice or vanguard/ Yet some how/ It comforts
them to hear /about where I was// How heavy the mental lifting really
was/ How heroic/ Everyday people can be/ Some survivors move people/Some thrivers move on/ He allowed the event/To eventually enter his
body/The back pain/ The knee pain/The chest pain/ Got old/ We don't
want to talk/ About the lack of assurance/ When the ailment and ache are
hidden/ And people don't know--- What is not said lingers longer/ Inside he picks at the
scab/ opens the wound again/ Yearly/ His wife cries/ the quiet tears that he
can't / So they both turn away/ Suffering in silence/ What's the cost of
remembrance?/ What's the cost to forget?/ Yesterday
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