In his loneliness, he climbs the tower of
reincarnation. It is very tall and goes on
forever. By the millionth floor he is enveloped
in a stringent sun, but it is wet and tastes of
the human things he's forgotten.
—Mihee Kim
@miheespeaking#PoemADay
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At Tin House, @tkiramadden reminded me in her beautiful talk, "Feeding the Lake," of how worthy it is to do so - for our writing, for our souls, for the art that is necessery to breathe - and so today I read this moving poem by @miheespeaking
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“Today’s poem reminds us that even though there are so many worries, so many fears, we are still here, still using our mouths to speak back to the world,” Ada says.
Today’s poem is “until the meteor makes a shadow over home” by Mihee Kim @miheespeaking https://t.co/s1QrQb2cGj
"in the course of this book the word motherfucker is used deliberately in excess."
- Book of the Other
Of course we all had to say it together, deliberately in excess. A beautiful way to end the night!
We are fighting to ensure that the most powerful media corporations on the planet treat the film and tv workers who produce their content with basic human dignity.
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Teaching today was brutal. My first class of the day is a normally radiant & full-of-life 6th grade class. Today was heavy. We talked about Adam and being 13. Here's their collective poem