near shore, the lake
bounced with chops spawned
by a rising storm,
and cattails moaned too
if you listened, but
Jen was deep, deep,
in memory, seeing Katie
everywhere, her
joyful voice plunging
from thick waves, her
laughter zipping from the boat,
her eyes bright with fun,
growing up, growing away,
and gone so soon.
Still Living on my Feet is the follow up to Tichaona Chinyelu’s first book, In the Whirlwind, which was rooted in a sense of hard-hitting revolutionary black love. However, in this sophomore effort, Tichaona brings the revolutionary essence from deep
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The poems in this beautifully bound book are a result of over twenty years of observations. Observations of the world around us and on the telecommunications network. All of the hate, love, heroism, disasters, and those who help.
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