ChickenBones: A Journal

for  Literary & Artistic African-American  Themes

   

Home  ChickenBones Store (Books, DVDs, Music, and more)   

Google
 

I don’t laugh so loud / it’s the ghosts  / dancing inside me- / and the men

 

 

The Jazz Musicians

               (for Arthur Doyle)

 By Ekere Tallie

Who let the men

become ancient?

Their hands cracked

   sad as aimed guns

question mark spines

testify the constant lack

of answers and it hurts

to see them walk

moaning feet

 

what is lost

knowing that without a stage

there would be no ears?

 

It is the daily deaths,

   we are alive by design

I don’t laugh so loud

it’s the ghosts

dancing inside me-

    and the men

whose faces are map

and scripture slip their arms

into my laughter

reach through the music wall,

“Sister, can you hear me without sound?

Sister, can you see me when I am silent?”

*   *   *   *   *

 

6/22/01--Mariahadessa Ekere Tallie  http://www.ekeretallie.com

"More than a guide to a holistic, healthy pregnancy; it's a confessional, a warning, and a roadmap for navigating the rewarding, relentless terrain of motherhood." No, it is not for the faint-hearted. But if you are a mom, have friends who are new or expectant mothers, or if you work with pregnant women, this is 33 pages of advice that most of us never got about motherhood.
 
And while you're visiting, do look around. We've added an audio file of me reading my piece from the anthology, Go, Tell Michelle, a new mothertongue piece, and links to new poems.
 
Hope you enjoy all the new offerings. one love, ekere
 
PS: Please spread the word  Mother Nature 33 pages $8

*   *   *   *   *

BLACK CLASSIC BOOKS

  BCP Digital Printing 

BCP Digital Printing

*   *   *   *   *

 

 

 

 

 

update 23 January 2009

 

 

Home  Ekere Tallie Table