Times gone by…
The world is getting ready to celebrate and venture into another new year. Some folks will be boisterous, some contemplative, others will party in clubs while many will be participating in public activities along with thousands of other revelers. And there will be some people who will bring in the new year at home watching world-wide celebrations on TV, having a favorite libation, and probably munching on specialty hors d’oeuvres. So…
What
are you doing New Year’s Eve?
At
aaduna, we continue to recognize our winter 2017-18 contributors and hope you
follow their full-length work when the issue is launched in a few weeks. Whatever you plan to do or are doing, let Frank
Heather and Denise R. Ervin engulf your spirit. Here is a snippet from
Heather’s “XI.”
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| Frank Heather (photo provided |
XI.
scene 11: she demands to know
why he must record everything:
* * * *
pallid
oleander stroke so formal
political
dreamfilm
yellow
rice & black beans
every
friday watching Turner Classic
marijuana
growing in the backyard
sour
cream cake in the oven
the
gods smile vulnerably down
at
our platitudes for survival
***
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| Denise Ervin (photo provided) |
Here
is the opening to Ervin’s “BE WITCHED”
Her
home is a worn floorboard.
The
skin on her knees split apart like her womanhood.
Her
nature taken from her
before
she had the chance to turn it around in her hands,
to
hold herself in something other than contempt.
Her
identity reduced to the space between her thighs,
each
entry reminiscent of a cauldron,
bewitching
that which needed no transformation.
***
Times
gone by…memories, past experiences, reflections, understandings set aside in
special places. We now venture forward into
a new year as we recognize Scottish poet and lyricist Robert Burns who penned his
global treasure in 1788. Listen. Be safe and have fun on the last day and
night of 2017.
WATCH FOR aaduna's winter 2017/18 issue -
LAUNCHING SOON!!!!
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