KNEE BRACE PRESS

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Else to Do What With

By

purple urn for these ashes of when
stir with salt tears
make thick paste to mark face
draw symbols of renewal
add more to dilute pigment
create ink to write

Contributor

  • Akua Lezli Hope, a Grand Master of Fantastic Poetry (SFPA), wisdom seeker & paraplegic creator of poems, patterns, stories, music, and sculpture, has been in print since 1974 with over 500 poems published. Her collections include Embouchure: Poems on Jazz and Other Musics (Writer’s Digest Book Award) & Otherwheres: Speculative Poetry (Elgin Award). Her honors include NEA & NYFA fellowships; SFPA, Rhysling & IGNYTE awards; and NYSCA grants. She created the ongoing Speculative Sundays Poetry Reading series & edited NOMBONO: An Anthology of Speculative Poetry by BIPOC Creators, the first of its kind. www.speculativepoetry.com www.akualezlihope.com www.disabilitypoetics.com