what to do? it seemed all
new to customers usually so
attuned to nuance.
the creaking floorboards sensed
change and dimpled magazines
opened easily, revealing bathroom
features, closet-space-savers,
ratcheting pillows performing
with golden knobs.
another tick, then motion
inside, some people shuffling
toward drinking fountains, for
blacks, for whites, and children
were confused by colors,
when all they had were friends.
who to follow in line,
when teachers wished for
order and principals dealt
with disobedience gruffly,
raising wooden boards
to swat bottoms if the
time came again.
Robin Ouzman Hislop's poetry is certainly in dialogue with some of the key architects of the 'poetics of indeterminacy' – both the Modernist strands represented by the likes of Beckett and Stein, and the postmodernist strands represented, initially,
This is a book of free verse poetry that addresses the seven main tests in life and offers some sensible solutions to passing those tests with minimal discomfort.
Motion in no-motion so to speak!!
Love Tinka