Post by thepoetslizard on Oct 10, 2008 15:58:06 GMT 2
Maiana Minahal, a queer Filipina American poet and teacher, was born in Manila, raised in Los Angeles, and currently lives in San Francisco. She studied with June Jordan's Poetry for the People program, is a recipient of an Artist Award Grant from the Serpent Source Foundation, and is one of the founding members of the Queer Pin@y Kreatibo collective. She has most recently been published in the anthologies Going Home to a Landscape and Screaming Monkeys . Maiana's publications include the chapbook, closer and her first book, Sitting Inside Wonder. The poem below was featured on the Meritage Press/Babaylan Speaks website in collaboration with kali artist Gura Michelle Bautista.
"stolen/kali:"
me
mine
he
mine
she
he
mine
he
mine
kill
her
he
mine
she
mine
he
blood
she
kill
her
must
mine
he
kill
mine
dust heart
must fight
eat rage
boil bleed
mine he
me her
kill them
mine she
crush life
knife she
mine he
kill her
me she
must take
own we
kill them
she he
skin scrape
kill me
own we
heart rot
mine he
cold blade
crush her
kill three
fear live feed
kill we three
stone blood we
mine kill he
blind rage me
blade stick bleed
crush heart dust
rage kill me
blood cut blade
this pain feed
dead heart gone
rage kill we
kick punch step push
round blow peach keen
wood sting gut glass
blue ice cool peel
air knife clean rush
kick gut step slice
ground skin air gleam
edge cold knife blade
stab once twice full
force red bloom bleed
kick punch step push
round blow peach keen
wood sting gut glass
blue ice cool peel
air knife clean rush
kick gut step slice
ground skin air gleam
edge cold knife blade
stab once twice full
force red bloom bleed
kick punch step push
round blow peach keen
wood sting gut glass
blue ice cool peel
air knife clean slice
kick gut step rush
ground skin air gleam
edge cold knife blade
stab once twice full
force red bloom bleed
kick punch step push fall
fist fly hair hit sprawl
blood bone sky thirst stone
keep her down still crawl
stone dust heart claw lean
pull stop light top beam
send full pop slash ice
blue bruise jab strap knee
ice crush cold sea foam
mouth bleed sting salt broke
blade shine gray dull slice
wind whip sand scrape throat
slice thin air burn blind
hand raise up cloth climb
feel her no sight see
choke no breath no time
loose grip fall blade fight
hurt lost gone me right
lean with wind flow past
no kill need no might
breathe stop hold pull back
still pace slow soft track
stand low wind flow past
step ground lush wet black
night hush wave sea foam
touch skin eyes mouth bone
own him her not mine
heart breath walk us home
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