Poet of the Month
October 2005
Name: Audre Lorde
Born: February 18, 1934
Biography: Audre Lorde was born in 1934 in New York City. She published her first volume of poetry, The First Cities in 1968, two years later publishing Cables to Rage, and published From A Land Where Other People Live in 1973. She published several works of art following these, my personal selections being found in her colume entitled, The Black Unicorn. Check out some of my favorites below....
On a night of the full moon

   I.
Out of my flesh that hungers
and my mouth that knows
comes the shape I am seeking
for reason.
The curve of your body
fits my waiting hand
your flesh wasrm as sunlight
your lips quick s young birds
between your thighs the sweet
sharp taste of limes.

Thus I hold you
frank in my heart's eye
in my skin's knowing
as my fingers conceive your flesh
I feel your stomach
curving against me.

Before the moon wanes again
we shall come together.

  II.
And I would be the moon
spoekn over your beckoning flesh
breaking against reservations
beaching thought
myhands at your high tide



over and under inside you
and the passing of hungers
attended, forgotten.

Darkly risen
the moon speaks
my eyes
judging your roundness
delightful.

from The Collected Poems of Audre Lorde
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