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The Fearless Invention of One of L.A.’s Greatest Poets

Wanda Coleman’s work tallies and transcends the difficulties of being a black woman in a profession that hardly pays.

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Petra. 

Greek for "stone."  

Ichor, the golden fluid that coursed through the veins of ancient Greek gods. 

Petrichor, the smell of rain on dry earth.

What causes it? 

   "When a raindrop hits a porous surface, it traps tiny air bubbles at the point of contact. As in a glass of champagne, the bubbles then shoot upward, ultimately bursting from the drop in a fizz of aerosols." —(source, MIT)

   WEATHERCAST // Wanda Coleman 

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Rest in peace #WandaColeman. My typewriter is humming for you

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In That Other Fantasy Where We Live Forever ~Wanda Coleman~

In That Other Fantasy Where We Live Forever

we were never caught we partied the southwest, smoked it from L.A. to El Dorado worked odd jobs between delusions of escape drunk on the admonitions of parents, parsons & professors driving faster than the road or law allowed. our high-pitched laughter was young, heartless & disrespected authority. we could be heard for miles in the night the Grand Canyon of a new manhood. womanhood discovered like the first sighting of Mount Wilson we rebelled against the southwestern wind we got so naturally ripped, we sprouted wings, crashed parties on the moon, and howled at the earth we lived off love. It was all we had to eat when you split you took all the wisdom and left me the worry

~Wanda Coleman