Tuesday, December 3, 2019
OUT OF IT
You need a day
like I had today:
fucked-up
and feelin fine;
free from my history
and those dark voices
that whisper & tongue
your inner ear.
Not a wink of sleep
and a few extra pills
for all the pain
real & imagined,
ingrained in a cycle
of anticipation,
did the job
of snatching from the jaws
of gods and demons
billows & breath
as a fog disappeared
into the earth.
There is that space
that waits for you.
Listen for it.
Trust it.
It is the only place
they can't take from you--
and they never could.
Norman Savage
Greenwich Village, 2019
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Hi there,
ReplyDeleteMy name is Ruun, I'm an educator who runs a gifted program for students from modest backgrounds. I'm preparing a workshop for them on contemporary poets, and I'd like to feature some of your work.
I've been reading and studying your writing for a while now, I like your voice-it's gritty without being fatalistic. Can you share some of the writers who influenced you style-wise so that my students can read your work alongside the writers important to your writing?
Hello Runn,
ReplyDeleteI thank you for asking, and I wouldn't mind doing that.
I think it best though, we continue that thread through this email address: savagescribbler@icloud.com.
Best,
Savage