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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i am warm and powerful

this happens when i am between asleep
and you                    when my hair is wet
call me hurricane i answer to anything
these warm waters feed
my frenzy             be kind to me       it has
no bearing on your survival
put me in the car i need
constant motion                 i am a still
still thing             i need to be pressed

back inside my borders
everynight i come
with only these instructions
expect southern weather
 

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“i am warm and powerful” from Human Achievements by Lauren Hunter. Copyright © 2017 by Lauren Hunter. Reprinted with the permission of Birds, LLC: Minneapolis, Minnesota; New York, New York; Raleigh, North Carolina. birdsllc.com