Hello, all! I have exciting news for the Phoenix Rising Poets.
Saturday, January 29, 2011
Publishing News!
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Labels: Awards, Isabelle Lahaie, Publication, Tailor, With Needle and Thread
Wednesday, January 19, 2011
The Storyteller
old man,
strike a chord on your dissonant harp
draw from broken strings and voice
a story
search your calloused heart and mind
for the fire of orpheus’ songs
whisper by the fire—stories
songs of mother goddess, songs of legend
whisper with the voice of flame—burn!
light a candle, melt the wax of time
you, singer
you, song
you, orpheus, immortal
pacify the rage of hades
purify the stain of promise, broken
crackle and burn, old man!
burn with the passion of legend
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Labels: Isabelle Lahaie, poetry, The Storyteller
Slave Story
If you be runnin, dere is a place
fa’ fa’ away. Nobody go dere anymo’.
But dey’ll catch ya, whoever dey is.
Dey always do. Why do ya tink I’m here?
Ya, dey’ll catch ya. But dey’s a place—
Dere’s one place where nobody kin catch ya.
But it ain’t easy to get dere.
It ain’t easy to get nowhere, anyhow.
Ya gotta run a tousand miles and a tousand days
an’ den you get to where the sun is risin’—
Ya gotta be heading east, ya see. Always east.
Dat’s da place where da earf and sky meet.
It ain’t easy to get dere. Dey’ll catch ya.
But once ya get dere, you kin see da sun rise
right in front ‘o you, like a sweet ear o’ corn
swaying in da mornin’ breeze.
Den, you kin climb up on da sun rays
and you kin ride dat sun all da way to da top o’ da sky
and you kin watch da earf fall away from da dawn.
If you be runnin, dat’s where ya gotta go.
But it ain’t easy to get dere. I tried.
Dey caught me, anyhow.
It ain’t easy to get nowhere, anyhow.
It ain’t easy to get nowhere but dead.
Posted by Isabelle Lahaie at 2:17 PM 0 comments
Labels: Isabelle Lahaie, poetry, Slave Story