Category Archives : Poetry Archive
ARC Fellows: To You: In the tradition of izibongo (south-african praise prose)
To You: In the tradition of izibongo (south-african praise prose) Submitted by our 2020 Poetry and the Senses Poetry Fellow: Gracia Mwamba (Undergraduate/Art Practice) You are allowed to laugh today. You are allowed more than a hidden giggled breath. Let this be a reminder that laughter that does not have to replace heaviness. You are […]
ARC Fellows: inside calamity, calamity
ARC Fellows: inside calamity, calamity Submitted by our 2020 Poetry and the Senses Poetry Fellow: Nathalie Khankan (Community poet) anna’s mother began the day in her own bed in san diego a long way away from her birthbed in india. i began the day leaning over and remembering this marriage. i also recalled renee gladman […]
ARC Fellows: I cause my heart to pour out is how to say remember
ARC Fellows: I cause my heart to pour out is how to say remember Submitted by our 2020 Poetry and the Senses Poetry Fellow: Beth Piatote (Professor, Native American Studies) Earlier this month I gave a commencement address to a class of Native American undergraduates. I was alone in my living room, recording into a […]
ARC Fellows: Poetry, Voice & Violence
ARC Fellows: Poetry, Voice & Violence Submitted by our 2020 Poetry and the Senses Poetry Fellow: Jenif(f)er Tamayo (Performance Studies) I’ve spent the last few years thinking about poetry and voice. Not like an “abstract” English grammar capital “V” voice––but like, the material voice. The one that makes waves and vibrations. Moves through canals, makes […]
ARC Fellows: Sensing, Knowing, and Other Matters
ARC Fellows: Sensing, Knowing, and Other Matters Submitted by our 2020 Poetry and the Senses Poetry Fellow: Menat Allah El Attma (English Literature/Global Urban Humanities) Two dangers never truly cease to threaten the world: order and disorder. The artist, in whichever medium they practice, knows then how easy and often they find themselves between opposing […]
ARC Fellows: catastropha
ARC Fellows: catastropha Submitted by our 2020 Poetry and the Senses Poetry Fellow: Rusty Morrison (Community Poet) Yesterday morning I took an hour from my work-life to write in my journal. These days of Covid19, of sheltering-at-home, have meant more work for me, not less, in the professional realm. Choosing to enter the journal’s poem-space […]
ARC Fellows: Sore Thumbs
ARC Fellows: Sore Thumbs Submitted by our 2020 Poetry and the Senses Poetry Fellow: Alex Saum-Pascual (Spanish & Portuguese and Berkeley Center for New Media) I haven’t read a book in weeks. I spend all my reading hours glued to my phone. By the time I am done scrolling words, I feel motion sickness. My […]
ARC Fellows: The First Day of the Plague Was My Birthday
ARC Fellows: The First Day of the Plague Was My Birthday Submitted by our 2020 Poetry and the Senses Poetry Fellow: Jared Robinson (English) It starts on my birthday at midnight or the day after. He brings me breakfast and later he brings me flowers. David Hockney was the fourth son of a conscientious objector […]
