Join Enzo Silon Surin on Zoom!
When: Thursday, November 4th, 2021, at 6 pm EST
Where: TinyURL.com/VirtualBard to reach us on Zoom
And below is a sample poem from our featured poet:
Birth of A Clinched Fist
Born in epidemic—circa 1986 Jamaica,
Queens—when tiny white caps filled—
modern-day cotton—moored most under
a parking lot's dim cone of light—when
paraded in chambers of those born to triggers
was that sin which weaned father
from son; tricked out the best in us—
a resilient few kept from boxes,
though what was left was worsted in haze
on those horrid nights—when what was
promissory was plight was norm,
and what was dealt—mnemonic so strong
I kept it in my mind like one rehearsing
lines in an orograph for pain—
a pain, like bait, that turned gain
into the cleanest demise—when I stood
to cleave it, the fight empty as cavity,
the strife—marked by omission. Everything
I saw was enemy—even this face, fair game.
Enzo Silon Surin, "Birth of A Clinched Fist" from When My Body Was A Clinched Fist. Copyright © 2020 by Enzo Silon Surin. Source: When My Body Was A Clinched Fist (Black Lawrence Press, 2020)
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POETRY OPEN MIC!
There
will be an open mic segment following the featured poet; those who are
interested in participating in the open mic can sign up for it in the
chat on Zoom, once the main monthly event starts.
