"I kiss you & forget to turn on the dark." I really liked that line because it feels like she's saying after a kiss she forgets to remember all of the dark things in her head and instead just enjoys the moment as pure as it was meant to be.
That's interesting, I interpreted it similarly, but different. I thought of it more as forgetting to hide it, too caught up in the moment to shroud it from the world, who might not share the same values.
The imagery in this poem is absolutely STELLAR. The language is so uniquely beautiful throughout, and the meanings behind the imagery always feel so clear--usually I find it hard to see a meaning behind the imagery in poetry, so this really struck me as exceptionally well done. My biggest problem is that I'm not enough of a poet to really convey how amazing this poem was to me. Like @Aramide M said in another comment, I will have to explore K-Ming Chang's work more deeply! Thanks Ours Poetica!
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She wants the plural of violet to be violence, the plural of women Omen K-Ming Chang is gifted with words and The Chinese Sappho is also an amazing poem
"I remember that every silence begins inside a mouth" what a stunning line!
Can you tell me what that means?
"I kiss you & forget to turn on the dark."
I really liked that line because it feels like she's saying after a kiss she forgets to remember all of the dark things in her head and instead just enjoys the moment as pure as it was meant to be.
That's interesting, I interpreted it similarly, but different. I thought of it more as forgetting to hide it, too caught up in the moment to shroud it from the world, who might not share the same values.
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That's my favorite thing about poetry is when people find equally great interpritations of the same line.
The imagery in this poem is absolutely STELLAR. The language is so uniquely beautiful throughout, and the meanings behind the imagery always feel so clear--usually I find it hard to see a meaning behind the imagery in poetry, so this really struck me as exceptionally well done.
My biggest problem is that I'm not enough of a poet to really convey how amazing this poem was to me. Like @Aramide M said in another comment, I will have to explore K-Ming Chang's work more deeply! Thanks Ours Poetica!
Her voice is great for reading poetry aloud
Wow every line is breathtaking
This is what hozier's songs would be like if he were actually himself a lesbian
"I name you the body of water my thirst is native to"
Oh my God ,YES!
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The poem is made so powerful by it being spoken by the person whose words it consists of.
This really moved me.
Dear Ours Poetica - I love you! You are great. Please, if you haven’t yet, consider the great poet Amanda Nadelberg for this series. Also Craig Morgan Teicher. And Brenda Shaughnessy! And Natalie Shapero!
Beautiful
The best so far in this channel! Oh, goodness!
This is amazing! Her imagery is 💯.
""How our bodies domesticate disaster" is a hell of an opening line
Whoa and wow - magnificent - that's all. Truly.
this is such an incredible poem. wow
I love it!
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Wow
She wants the plural of violet to be violence, the plural of women
Omen
K-Ming Chang is gifted with words and The Chinese Sappho is also an amazing poem
The zodiac sign for cancer is a kind of symmetrical, too. ♋
Like war and amnesty, like yin and yang. ☯️
thats Gemini tho. the twin
oh wow. wow. i forget to turn on the dark.
P E R F E C T.