Resistance Poetry 2020.06
Sorry
“Don’t be sorry. Just be more careful.”
That’s what a friend’s nana used to say, admonishing us kids after we pled “sorry” for some misdeed.
Those wise words stuck to me, small though I was. They were forward looking, aimed at improvement. What was broken was forever broken. No amount of sorry was bringing it back. The important thing was never do it again.
At the same time her words forgave us, freed us of guilt and taught us to be more responsible, I understood we would not have received them had we not been sorry, if we had not accepted responsibility for our actions.
How can you forgive someone who refuses to admit there is anything to forgive?
And that’s where we are, aren’t we?
So, enough of me. I’d like to offer you a prose piece by Max Smith which I feel is a perfect opening to this month’s theme of racial relations.
Taiwo Adesina (new poet)
Scott Overdyke (new poet)
Elizabeth Wilks (new poet)
Salma Amrou (new poet)
K.M. Zimmerman (new Poet)
When Worlds Collide
Old story, world’s end. Twice told narratives conflict. Ashes to ashes…
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James G Brennan (new poet)
Noah Levy (new poet)
NEW POETS
K.M. Zimmerman (see above)
Taiwo Adesina (see above)
Scott Overdyke (see above)
Elizabeth Wilks (see above)
