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Danielle Boodoo-Fortuné, from a poem titled "Boa Gravida," featured in "Global Poetry Anthology,"
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Danielle Boodoo-Fortuné, from a poem titled "Boa Gravida," featured in "Global Poetry Anthology,"
Danielle Boodoo-Fortune -- Let Love Be My Guide
Danielle Boodoo-Fortuné (Artist)
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¨Today we are faced with a challenge that calls for a shift in our thinking, so that humanity stops threatening its life-support system. We are called to assist the Earth to heal her wounds and in the process heal our own – indeed to embrace the whole of creation in all its diversity, beauty and wonder. ¨
-Wangari Maathai
Thank you Girl God Books for the beautiful quote and beautiful artwork!
(Leila L’Abate)
Insomniac’s Song
by Danielle Boodoo-Fortuné
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The night is a bomb.
No one will sweep up the morning.
I am wrecked, startling, a vessel hollow and lost
Undone, I wander an ocean of dying moths, with a heartful of flammable terrors to buoy me.
This is my moon, Sliver of bone Rattling among the flotsam
I know the sun will not wake for me..
Danielle Boodoo-Fortune -- Swim to Me My Love
Danielle Boodoo-Fortune -- Lunar Magic
Danielle Boodoo-Fortune -- Inflorescence
Lemon balm is for forgiveness.
Pull up from the root, steep
in boiling water. Add locusts’ wings,
salt, the dried bones of hummingbirds.
Drink when you feel ready.
Drink even if you do not.
Pepper seeds are for courage.
Sprinkle them on your tongue.
Sprinkle in the doorway and along
the windowsill. Mix pepper and water
to a thick paste. Spackle the cracks
in the concrete, anoint the part
in your hair. You need as much
courage as you can get.
Water is for healing.
Leave a jar open beneath the full moon.
Let it rest. Water your plants.
Wash your face. Drink.
The sharpened blade is for memory.
Metal lives long, never grows weary
of our comings and goings. Wrap this blade
in newspaper. Keep beneath your bed.
Be patient, daughter.
Be patient.
How to Break a Curse by Danielle Boodoo-Fortuné