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Laundromat
We walk in and see
that your eyes are small stones
and your body lays like lost wood.
We see dug-in dirt: A strange skin.
We whiff pongs of stale beer hovering.
We load our crumpled clothes:
Shirts, socks, pants, niffy
underwear. We leave and come back,
leave food on the floor: Curried beans,
fried rice, firmly pressed tofu.
We see you edging, a shy sun,
out past the door. We see you sharing
the food with friends: Queen of cracked steps.
We look around. We look up.
On the bulletin board, a sign:
Keep this laundromat clean.
Free from undesirables.
From Plenty of the Sky and Ground by Sandra Sjollema. Dancing Girl Press, 2023. ___________________________________________
Journal Notes (Winter semester, 2014)
I wrote down that sad
got wild, bold and energetic.
That betrayed looks took on circular shapes.
I spoke about Bedouin speeches,
Palestinian stones, decried Israeli occupation.
I noted that I overate and prayed,
walked and forgave.
That I moved around and charged through
numbers, chairs, and doors.
That I studied and walked, slept, evaluated.
Obsessed about voice, contemplated social class, closed in on intensity.
I observed that I desired
the poetic project that rambled,
latest theories of sociology.
I looked to ahead to fellowships,
a low-income future, looked for
moons in the sky that shone near the sun.
I wrote it down that I was part of a small place,
an out crowd.That it was a Ph.D. workout
come home.
From Un/Daunted in the Black and Gold by Sandra Sjollema. Sitting Duck Press, 2014.
POET, POÈTE
I have written poetry since I was ten years old and have continued to write, publish and perform throughout my adult life. It is a great means of expressing creativity and a soulful adventure.
My poetry has been published in a wide variety of literary forums and I am the author of three poetry chapbooks: Un/Daunted in the Black and Gold (sitting duck press, 2014), Life Times Two (Cactus Press, 2021) and Plenty of the Sky and Ground (Dancing Girl Press, 2023).
For full details, see Publications etc.
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J'écris de la poésie depuis l'âge de dix ans et j'ai continué à écrire, publier et performer tout au long de ma vie d'adulte. C'est un excellent moyen d'exprimer ma créativité et une aventure émouvante.
Ma poésie a été publiée auprès d'une grande variété de forums littéraires et je suis l'auteur de trois chapbooks de poésie : Un/Daunted in the Black and Gold (sitting duck press, 2014), Life Times Two (Cactus Press, 2021) et Plenty of the Sky and Ground (Dancing Girl Press, 2023).
Pour plus de détails, voir Publications etc.
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