Poetry & Migration #5: Allison Adelle Hedge Coke
Poetry & Migration #5: Allison Adelle Hedge Coke
As part of "Because We Come From Everything: Poetry & Migration," the first formalized programming of the Poetry Coalition, Milkweed Editions, Coffee House Press, Graywolf Press, and Birds, LLC have partnered to curate a selection of poems on the theme of migration. A new poem will be distributed each Thursday in March and April, online and in Pocket Poem size at several Minneapolis and St. Paul independent bookstores.
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PHILOSOPHY
Last night,
I dreamed a small bird migratory rush
into a brushline nearby.
One of indiscriminate color, broke cover,
flew fast past the siege, directly into my open hand.
The bird stayed with me throughout my dreaming,
never left my palm
though it changed itself several times within my light clutch.
Was it bright?
It was bright.
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“Philosophy” from Streaming by Allison Adelle Hedge Coke. Copyright © 2014 by Allison Adelle Hedge Coke. Reprinted with the permission of Coffee House Press, Minneapolis, Minnesota. coffeehousepress.org.
