Dub poj niam paj huam koj yuav tsum paub

2023 Tus sau: Mary Ward | [email protected]. Kawg hloov kho: 2023-07-27 20:18

Peb tshaj tawm txoj haujlwm ntawm xya tus kws sau paj huam uas siv cov lus hais los tham txog txhua yam ntawm poj niam, kev nyuaj ntawm lub neej, sab ntsuj plig, thiab sci-fi

2017 tau yog xyoo dej nyab rau cov poj niam Dub hais lus tseeb rau lub zog thaum rov qab lawv lub sijhawm, hloov kev sib tham thiab tswj cov lus piav qhia. Peb tau mus txog lub ntsiab lus tseem ceeb, uas cov suab tshiab tau tshwm sim thoob ntiaj teb, hauv txhua qhov chaw los ntawm kev lag luam mus rau kev nom kev tswv, kev tshawb fawb txog kev ua kis las, kev yees duab rau paj huam.

Lub Cuaj Hlis 3, tus kws sau paj huam tau txais txiaj ntsig Pulitzer Tracy K. Smith tau kos npe rau lub luag haujlwm raws li Tebchaws Meskas Tus kws sau paj huam - lub luag haujlwm siab tshaj plaws uas tus kws sau paj huam tau muab los ntawm tsoomfwv, nrog rau lub hom phiaj ntawm kev txhawb lub tebchaws kev nco qab ntawm nyeem thiab sau paj huam.

Smith yog nyob rau hauv lub tuam txhab zoo kawg li, raws li ib tug bevy ntawm cov poj niam Dub tab tom luam tawm cov phau ntawv tshiab ntawm paj huam, qhia lawv cov kos duab, kev txawj ntse, thiab lub zeem muag ntawm lub neej nrog lub ntiaj teb no. Peb tsom mus rau xya tus kws sau paj huam uas nws txoj hauj lwm qhia peb txoj hauv kev uas nqe yuav hloov txoj kev uas peb to taub peb tus kheej, ib leeg, thiab lub neej nws tus kheej.

JAMILA WOODS

Tus kws sau paj huam thiab hu nkauj Jamila Woods tau loj hlob hauv Chicago, thiab kawm tiav hauv Brown University, qhov chaw nws tau txais BA hauv Africana Studies thiab Theatre & Kev Kawm Ua Haujlwm. Kev cuam tshuam los ntawm Lucille Clifton thiab Gwendolyn Brooks, feem ntau ntawm nws cov ntawv sau tshawb txog Dubness, poj niam, thiab lub nroog Chicago.

Woods yog tus kws sau ntawv ntawm The BreakBeat Poets Vol. 2: Dub Ntxhais Khawv koob (Haymarket Phau Ntawv, Lub Peb Hlis 2018), tus khub ntim rau The BreakBeat Poets, yog ib qho tseem ceeb tshaj plaws ntawm cov paj huam nyob rau xyoo tas los no, uas muaj ib qho ntawm nws cov haujlwm tsis nco qab tshaj plaws, "Blk Girl Art."

“Blk Girl Art”

Paj huam yog bullshit tshwj tsis yog lawv tsom iav, zib ntab

tshuaj yej nrog txiv qaub, lub raj mis dej kub ntawm lub plab. Kuv xav

poem kuv pog xav qhia rau cov poj niam hauv tsev teev ntuj

txog. Kuv xav tau txiv kab ntxwv cov lus so hauv lub lauj kaub

txog thaum lawv cov tawv nqaij poob, cov lus koj hlawv koj tus nplaig, lus muag ob rau ib lo lus uas ua rau kuv ko taw qhuav.

Kuv xav tuav ib zaj paj huam hauv kuv lub nrig hauv txoj kev xwb.

Kuv xav tau ib zaj paj huam rau yawg nyob ntawm chaw nres tsheb npav. Oh koj tham tsis tau

Lo lus qhia kuv tus muam yuav ua li cas brew tshuaj nyob rau hauv nws lub qhov ncauj.

Lo lus uas cog mama cov plaub hau rov qab. Lo lus kom detangle chav ua noj.

Kuv yuav tsis sau paj huam tshwj tsis yog lawv yog phau ntawv qhia, tsheb npav

daim card, sov shea butter ntawm lub luj tshib, dej, ntiv tes zaws rau tawv taub hau, broomstick qee zaum siv los ntxuav thiab qee zaum

EVE L. EWING

Eve L. Ewing yog tus kws sau ntawv, kws tshawb fawb, kws kos duab, thiab kws qhia ntawv los ntawm Chicago. Nws txoj haujlwm tau tshwm sim hauv Paj Huam, New Yorker, Lub Tebchaws Tshiab, Lub Tebchaws, thiab Atlantic, thiab lwm yam. Nws yog ib tug kws kho mob hauv University of Chicago Lub Tsev Kawm Ntawv ntawm Kev Tswj Xyuas Kev Noj Qab Haus Huv.

Ewing yog tus sau ntawm Hluav Taws Xob Arches (Haymarket), uas muag tawm ntawm nws thawj zaug luam tawm hnub tom qab nws tso tawm. Ewing cov paj huam tau kos los ntawm lub neej thiab hais lus rau African-Asmeskas kev paub dhau los ntawm qhov muag ntawm tus ntxhais hluas ntawm nws txoj kev mus rau poj niam.

Zaj Dab Neeg

Qhov no muaj tseeb:

met ntawm Greyhound chaw nres tsheb npav

nyob rau hauv nruab nrab-80 nyob Chicago.

kuv niam, txhua khob tuab thiab afro puff, tuaj sab hnub poob ntawm lub tsheb ciav hlau thaum nws muaj kaum cuaj, nyob hauv phooj ywg tsev thiab tu nws cov menyuam, played tambourine hauv Chaka Khan cover band.

Kuv txiv, txhua lub tsho tsis muaj tes thiab muag muag, khiav tawm hauv tsev thaum nws muaj kaum xya, mimeographed communist xov xwm

thiab kos cov phau ntawv comic

like this one, muag.

ib dollar.

kuv niam yuav ib.

kev hlub zoo li phau comic. nws tsis yooj yim

thiab qhov zoo tshaj plaws peb ua tau yog tiv thaiv nws

txhua txoj kev ruam peb ua tau:

yas thiab cardboard, chav tsaus

thiab lub thawv. nyob rau hauv no txoj kev, ib yam dab tsi

tsis tau txhais tias yuav kawg

yuav pom nws txoj hauv kev mus rau lwm xyoo kaum, lwm lub tsev, tsev pheeb suab, hauv qab daus, tsis zoo.

kev hlub yog daim ntawv.

thiab yog kuv niam kuv txiv txoj kev hlub yog phau comic, nws yeej tsis pom polyvinyl, yeej tsis hnov qab.

nws tau curled rau hauv hnab ris rov qab rau ib hnub ntawm lub tiaj ua si, qiv rau phooj ywg, nyeem hauv qab npog, reread hang upside-down over the back of the couch, memorized, mishandled, hnav nyias, staples rusted.

kev hlub zoo li tsis kawg

tab sis nws muaj qhov xaus zoo.

MORGAN PARKER

Morgan Parker yog tus tau txais 2017 National Endowment for the Arts Literature Fellowship, tus yeej ntawm 2016 Pushcart nqi zog, thiab tus khub Cave Canem kawm tiav.

Tus sau ntawm Lwm Tus Neeg Txoj Kev Nyuaj Siab Ua Rau Kuv Hmo Hmo (Switchback Books 2015), uas tau xaiv los ntawm Eileen Myles rau xyoo 2013 Gatewood nqi zog, Parker tau tso tawm Muaj Yam Zoo Nkauj Tshaj Li Beyoncé (Tin House Phau Ntawv) ua ntej no xyoo. Nws lub suab nrov, ncaj, thiab muaj zog qhia tau hais tias paj huam siv tau li cas los daws qhov nyuaj thiab nyuaj ntawm lub neej nws tus kheej.

Afro

Kuv zais zais zais & riam phom hauv qhov ntawd: buttermilk

pancake cardboard, thawv ntawm kua txiv kab ntxwv, lo lus khawv koob

peb tus phauj Angela hais rau nws lub nrig & tso rau hauv

kub tsaus ntuj zoo li rab phom los yog Kool, 40 yards ntawm

pheej yig wax prints, Lub Autobiography ntawm Malcolm X, Zulu

lus ceeb toom tawm tsam cov neeg yos hav zoov qaug rau lub tsho Polo &

Jägermeister, daim ntawv qhia rau lub tsev ergonomically zoo meej

dancers & ncaws pob, chords rau dab tsi yuav yog

Michael zaj nkauj tom ntej, ib tug mule khoom nrog pob zeb diamond &

kub, Miss Holiday lub suab qaum, cov lus tso dag Dave Chapelle's

ua cov kab sib chaws, kev sib deev & xim av cawv rau

rau kev faib tawm ntawm cov tsev kawm hnub Sunday hauv thaj chaw dawb, lossis hauv

lwm lo lus raws nraim li hnab looj tes dawb yuav xav tau

nrhiav cov kab lus rau kuv txhais ceg & nqos kuv lub gullet & Xauv

n Kuv lub pob tw & huab kuv lub siab txom nyem & ci zoo li

khoom muaj nqis hauv kuv qhov kev txiav txim siab

YRSA DALEY-WARD

Yrsa Daley-Ward yog tus kws sau ntawv thiab kws sau paj huam sib xyaw West Indian thiab West African cuab yeej cuab tam. Yug los rau ib tug Jamaican niam thiab ib tug txiv Nigerian, Yrsa tau tsa los ntawm nws lub siab nyiam xya Hnub Adventist pog yawg hauv lub nroog me me ntawm Chorley nyob rau sab qaum teb ntawm Askiv.

Tus kws sau cov pob txha, Daly-Ward tau dhau los ua lub suab muaj zog ntawm poj niam Dub, hais txog nws qhov kev paub thiab kev txawj ntse tau khaws cia los ntawm kev loj hlob los ua thawj tiam neeg Askiv ntawm African thiab Caribbean cuab yeej cuab tam.

tsis hlub tiag

Kuv tsis tau nyob hauv tsev ze li ob

weeks.

Kuv tus hlub tshiab muaj ib lub fridge puv npias

thiab yuav luag ua mov jollof

kev sib deev zoo

thiab peb poob rau hauv ib yam peb

yuav sai sai rau kev hlub

Nyob zoo ib tsoom niam txiv kwv tij neej tsas sawv daws.

"tsev" yog teeb meem. Tseem muaj

nqi thiab muaj

yog nas

plus

muaj qhov xav tias koj tau txais

thaum koj caum koj tus kheej.

AJA MONET

Aja Monet yog tus kws sau paj huam Caribbean-Asmeskas, ua yeeb yam, thiab qhia ntawv los ntawm Brooklyn. Nws tau txais txiaj ntsig Andrea Klein Wullison Prize rau Paj Huam thiab Nuyorican Poets Café Grand Slam lub npe, nrog rau New York City YWCA's "Ib Tug Saib Xyuas."

Tus sau phau ntawv Dub Unicorn Sings (Penmanship Books), Monet phau ntawv tshiab Kuv Niam Yog Kev ywj pheej Fighter (Haymarket Phau Ntawv) hwm tus matriarchy: tus ntsuj plig ntawm kev tawm tsam, kev tawm tsam, thiab kev hloov pauv ntawm niam mus rau tus ntxhais, thiab sib koom ntawm cov viv ncaus thiab siv paj huam los hais txog kev ntxub ntxaug lwm haiv neeg, kev sib deev, kev tua neeg, kev khiav tawm, kev ploj, kev hlub, kev ua niam ua txiv, sab ntsuj plig, thiab kev tshaj tawm.

564 park avenue

abuelita txhais tes yog daim npav sijhawm nws tau teev

hauv thiab tawm, sawv ntxov thiab hmo ntuj. lawv yog

ib pawg qias neeg ntawm ko taw txaj, Gnarled Broomsticks, Plua Plav, Thiab SoOtoTan Plans, nws txhais tes tau rags av hauv hnab looj tes daj, lawv tau ob lub hauv ncoo ntaus mites

thiab cov tawv nqaij tuag, nws txhais tes yog ntawv phuam

thiab windex ntawm greasy mirrors.

lawv tau ntau chav txhua hnub.

nws txhais tes yog ib daim mov ci

dipped hauv kas fes tsaus nrog qab zib, lawv yog cinnamon sticks oozing nyob rau hauv farina, lawv tau ketchup squeezed hla ib phaj

ntawm scrambled egg and white rice

lawv yog dab tsi noj thiab ntxuav

nws txhais tes yog kuv txhais tes

maj mus kawm ua ntej ua haujlwm.

MAHOGANY L. BROWNE

Mahogany L. Browne yog Cave Canem thiab Poets House alumna thiab tus sau ob peb phau ntawv suav nrog Smudge thiab Redbone. Nws coj cov paj huam ntawm Nuyorican Poets Café.

Nrog rau Jamila Woods thiab Idrissa Simmonds, Browne yog tus kws tshaj lij ntawm tus BreakBeat Poets Vol. 2: Dub Ntxhais Khawv koob (Haymarket Phau Ntawv, Lub Peb Hlis 2018), uas qhia tau hais tias hip hop tsis yog tus tub hluas lub club uas kev lag luam suab paj nruag xav tau, raws li ntau tus poj niam tau paub txog daim ntawv, coj nws mus rau qhov siab tshiab nrog lawv cov style, kev paub, thiab kev nkag siab.

tsis muaj npe

leej twg ntxuav tsev

leej twg ua zaub mov

leej twg foom koob hmoov rau cov me nyuam

leej twg nyob dhau qhov tseeb

leej twg ua khaub ncaws

leej twg yuav nkawm khau

leej twg tsaug zog tsawg

leej twg hu nkauj tsis muaj kev nyuaj siab

TRACY K. SMITH

Tracy K. Smith, tam sim no Tebchaws Asmeskas Poet Laureate, yog tus sau peb zaj paj huam yav dhau los, suav nrog Lub Neej ntawm Mars (Greywolf Press), tus yeej ntawm Pulitzer nqi zog, thiab ib qho memoir, Ordinary Light (Vintage), uas yog qhov kawg rau National Book Award. Lub Plaub Hlis 2018, Smith yuav tshaj tawm Wade hauv Dej (Greywolf Xovxwm), ib phau ntawv paj huam tshiab.

Nyob rau hauv Lub Neej ntawm Mars, Smith muab peb lub zeem muag ntawm Afrofuturism hauv nws daim ntawv ntshiab, siv cov ntawv tseeb tseeb ua piv txwv rau peb lub neej tam sim no. Sau raws li ib tug elegy rau nws txiv, ib tug engineers ntawm lub Hubble Space Telescope, Smith yuav siv sij hawm nyob rau hauv lub mysteries ntawm lub neej nrog nws cheb nqe, coj peb mus rau ib tug epic taug kev uas ruaj khov rov qab los rau peb mus rau lub ntiaj teb zoo nkauj.

Lub Ntiaj Teb yog Lub Tsev Party

Lub qab ntuj khwb nthuav dav. Saib: daim ntawv tshaj tawm

Thiab panties, fwj nrog lipstick ntawm ntug, menyuam ntsuag thom khwm thiab napkins qhuav rau hauv pob.

nrawm, tsis muaj lus, txhua yam nws nplawm rau hauv cov ntaub ntawv

Nrog xov tooj cua los ntawm ib tiam dhau los

Drifting rau ntawm ntug qhov tsis kawg, zoo li huab cua hauv lub zais pa. Puas kaj?

Peb lub qhov muag puas yuav kaw? Puas yog nws molten, atomic, Ib conflagration of suns? Suab zoo li lub party

Koj cov neeg zej zog tsis nco qab caw koj mus: bass throbbing

Ntawm phab ntsa, thiab sawv daws dhia ncig qaug dej qaug cawv

Rau lub ru tsev. Peb zom lo ntsiab muag kom tsis muaj zog, Taw lawv mus rau yav tom ntej, thiab npau suav ntawm tsiaj

Peb yuav txais tos nrog kev tos txais tsis txaus ntseeg:

Zoo kawg li koj tuaj! Peb yuav tsis flinch

Ntawm lub qhov ncauj pinprick, lub nubbin ceg. Peb yuav sawv, Gracile, robust. Kuv nyob li cas lawm os. Tsis txhob ua siab ntev.

Pom peb, lawv yuav paub tseeb tias peb txhais li cas.

Tau kawg, nws yog peb li. Yog leej twg yog tus, nws yog peb.

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