June Jordan - Poem for South African Women

June Jordan - Poem for South African Women

Our own shadows disappear as the feet of thousands br by the tens of thousands pound the fallow land br into new dust that br rising like a marvelous pollen will be br fertile br even as the first woman whispering br imagination to the trees around her made br for righteous fruit br from such deliberate defense of life br as no other still br will claim inferior to any other safety br in the world br br The whispers too they br intimate to the inmost ear of every spirit br now aroused they br carousing in ferocious affirmation br of all peaceable and loving amplitude br sound a certainly unbounded heat br from a baptismal smoke where yes br there will be fire br br And the babies cease alarm as mothers br raising arms br and heart high as the stars so far unseen br nevertheless hurl into the universe br a moving force br irreversible as light years br traveling to the open eye br br And who will join this standing up br and the ones who stood without sweet company br will sing and sing br back into the mountains and br if necessary br even under the sea: br br we are the ones we have been waiting for.


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