As they enter the water, Tony Allen warns. His average line is trim and short, reminiscent in technique (but not style or tone) to a poet like Robert Creeley. Wright was born in the Ozark Mountains of Arkansas, the daughter of a judge and a court reporter. Each poem starts up from its own unique occasion and is then conducted through surprising (sometimes unnerving) and self-steadying domains. Nothing To Declare Poem by Miroslava Odalovic. You must not utter a word about. Nothing to Declare. You know the waiting. Cole will often begin a p. Henri Cole’s Nothing to Declare is an elusive work of verse: elusive in the sense of its influences are felt lightly, elusive in the complexity of the emotions it explores, and elusive in the lightness in the language. From a misery / Find yourself in a double misery. Explain, offer no apology. A bold new collection of poems of feral beauty and intense vulnerabilityHenri Cole's bold new collection, Nothing to Declare, contains poems of feral beauty and intense vulnerability. In the direction the raft floats, the sisters. Than bravery. A bold new collection of poems of feral beauty and intense vulnerability The poems in Henri Cole's ninth book, Nothing to Declare , explore life and need and delight. Thank God, I’m different. but just one set of batteries and emergency rations. There are twenty-eight poems in NOTHING TO DECLARE. I can'e believe I get to study under this guy this summer. You know the bonesof your mother’s brown arms will wind around you, her breath against your neckwill baptize you again in names you have no one to call you in the other place you belong to. The poems in Henri Cole's ninth book, Nothing to Declare, explore life and need and delight. I am somewhat ambivalent about the volume, as is also true concerning my entire project of seeking to expand my literary horizons by exposing myself to poetry of "quality". In the exam room before the doctor entered. I recall photos of British tourists in Greece. Enjoyed some, found many to be searching for something to say. Rising just to find a way toward rest again. Just in case.I doubt any of our thoughts converge.What is it like to be so free?To drift in water in a country you callYour own. I remember my brother’s ashy kneesand legs, how many errands he ran on them up and down roads belonging to no oneand every one. Recueil de poésie particulièrement étonnant. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. Copyright © 2021 by Lauren K. Alleyne. I’m more than a conqueror, bigger. The flame sinks. Henri Cole was born in Japan and has roots in France and the US and I was hoping that would inform some of the imagery. for the cataclysm. The flame sinks. I begged for tongues the way that I was taught—:hanala si ke andana—: whispered close.Was this the Holy Spirit that I sought?—:Bashful tongue drawing silence from my throat.Trinity lesson, clicked behind my teeth,Welling like memory I stood to receiveThere at the altar. Start by marking “Nothing to Declare: Poems” as Want to Read: Error rating book. Even some of the techniques of Cole’s observation are based on irony of beginning with declarations. and legs, how many errands he ran on them, on Aunty Marge’s corner to buy contraband, snuck from mom’s handbag or dad’s wallet—. In this poem I tried to pay attention to how the space I was leaving, the space I was in, and the space I was headed to were all impacting my body and my internal world, to witness myself in transition from one home to another.” Henri Cole’s Nothing to Declare is a clever and well-constructed collection. Pas révolutionnaire, mais vaut tout de même la peine d'être lu intégralement. His images are so clear and uncluttered. At the airport, you heave the bags you have stuffed to the limits of carriage and check them in. (Disclosure: I received a copy of this book from the publisher as part of a Goodreads giveaway. I read his collection straight through, captive to his magic. He writes in a breathless, run-on style that feels like flood water pulling you along. Blood that flowed beneathScripture an ocean gave me to believe.Atlantic, how you sing to me my own!Rhythm of roar and stillness, treasured still,Hushed in my marrow ] shut up in my bones! “If I think, Where am I? The result is a daring, delicate, unguarded, and tender collection. At security, the usual stripping.. You comply. Few things embolden the iconoclast like punditry's insistence on singing mediocrity. Something, something about the movie taking forty-five years to sit through. Tonight, I think of my brother as a black boy’s lifeless body spins me into something like prayer—a keening for the boy who went down the road, then went down fighting, then went down dead.My brother was a boy in the time of fistfights he couldn’t win and that couldn’t stophim slinging his weapon tongue anyway, was a boy who went down fighting,and got back up wearing his black eyelike a trophy. Recorded by Lauren K. Alleyne for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. To read this poem, please click on the image below. For more information and to read other poems, please visit our repository. All the senior partners were having a laugh about a movie they’d seen. out thoughts of arrival and its bittersweet. Unprepared because you can laugh. NOTHING TO DELCARE by Henri Cole is my latest more-or-less-chosen-at-random sampling of contemporary poetry. I’ve figured and counted. Greek children in gym class while hungry. Each poem starts up from its own unique occasion and is then conducted through surprising (sometimes unnerving) and self-steadying domains. Neil Donnelly reads his poem "Nothing to Declare" in the UCD Special Collections Reading Room. We’d love your help. I’m the one who leaps. In sleep’s 3-D theatre: home, a green island surroundedby the blue of ocean. If you pay attentionTo movies, white women have grimy soles.I have seen black actresses with exquisite feet.I recall my mother checking my socksIn the exam room before the doctor entered.The sisters let their ponytails dragIn dubious lake water.I’m not sure I hear these lyrics: Even ifThey let you enter / They probably won’t let you.Even if they let you enter / The baron won’t let you,The baron won’t let you.I note their appearances,Takeoff point. NOTHING TO DELCARE by Henri Cole is my latest more-or-less-chosen-at-random sampling of contemporary poetry. Henri Cole's bold collection, Nothing to Declare, contains poems of feral beauty and intense vulnerability. A bold new collection of poems of feral beauty and intense vulnerability. !FXW: There were no pools for Black Folk when I was coming up. Thank GodI’m different. The water is one thing, and one thing for miles. This book is simply elegant. This one way very difficult to rate; I was not as impressed as I hoped by many of the poems in the first section (although there were a few true standouts) but I absolutely loved the second section of the book. Nothing to Declare: Poems, Cole, Henri. I am not sure I found any direct Japanese or European influences but his sparseness was what I craved. August 2nd 2016 Copyright © 2021 by Lauren K. Alleyne. The title is a wink at how carefully Cole worked through these poems. They let you enter / They probably won’t let you. Of the 28 poems in the book, the following three are the only ones I liked. This poem has been selected as part of HLP’s “Poem a day” series. He took risks, and I hope I can learn to do some of that myself. NOTHING TO DELCARE by Henri Cole is my latest more-or-less-chosen-at-random sampling of contemporary poetry. What is life even. Neither the author, nor the publisher, nor Goodreads had any input regarding this review.). I love Henri Cole's use of language - this collection has quite a bit of kind of queasy (my feelings) meditations on death (in the text) in his usual sparse, naturalistic style, sometimes funny, always very personal, but in a very meditative way. who might become men if this world spared them. Be the first to ask a question about Nothing to Declare. Indeed, these elusive qualities make the title of book somewhat ironic: “Nothing to Declare” is written in a declarative mode more than a descriptive one. How have I missed Henri Cole until now? Buy Nothing to Declare: Poems Reprint by Cole, Henri (ISBN: 9780374536695) from Amazon's Book Store. “nothing to declare.” Unfortunately I don't have photos of that event of which I speak..It is true though and every time I travelled between the 2 countries I was always searched...I must have a guilty face Each poem starts up from its own unique occasion and is then conducted through surprising (sometimes unnerving) and self-steadying domains. FXW: There were no pools for Black Folk when I was coming up. Hello Select your address Books Hello, Sign in. A bold new collection of poems of feral beauty and intense vulnerability Henri Cole's bold new collection, Nothing to Declare , contains poems of feral beauty and intense vulnerability. Tonight I’m grateful he slaked his thirst in another country, far from this place where a black boy’s being calls like crosshairsto conscienceless men with guns and conviction. Walk itEarly, walk it back when the day goes dim, everyoneRising just to find a way toward rest again.We work, start on one side of the dayLike a planet’s only sun, our eyes straightUntil the flame sinks. There is no name for what rises in you as you enter the dim world of the taxiand wheel through the night, escorted by smooth jazz and a battalion of street-lights. Refresh and try again. The result is a daring, delicate, unguarded, and tender collection. He’ll land you safely. Welcome back. It reachesLong as the sea. Give into it. I’ve figured and counted. My brother was a dark-skinned boy with a sweet tooth, a smart mouth, and a wicked thirst. At the gate, grateful to be early, you sit with your books, plug in devices that tether you to this place you’re meant to be leaving, that crowd out thoughts of arrival and its bittersweetcomplications. A bold new collection of poems of feral beauty and intense vulnerability Henri Cole's bold new collection, Nothing to Declare , contains poems of feral beauty and intense vulnerability. I am somewhat ambivalent about the volume, as is also true concerning my entire project of seeking to expand my literary horizons by exposing myself to poetry of "quality". This book is not yet featured on Listopia. Each poem starts up from its own unique occasion and is then conducted through surprising (sometimes unnerving) and self-steadying domains. I’m more than a conqueror, biggerThan bravery. was staticked with approaching adulthood. C.D. if it could see them whole—boys, men, brothers—human. At the gate, grateful to be. At the airport, you heave the bags. Blood that flowed beneath. Each poem starts up from its own unique occasion and is then conducted through surprising (sometimes unnerving) and self-steadying domains. I love this book. Paddling with their hands, a planetarium. Some poems have a hint of dark humour. They use a bicycle pump.One tries to assemble two paddles,Gives up, puts them in her bag.The one on the pump removes her top.She has exerted herself into better posture.Her breasts are larger than I expected.I want to see if their tiny raft will hold them.The clouds and current move north.As they enter the water, Tony Allen warnsAgainst the boat journey: Running awayFrom a misery / Find yourself in a double misery.I recall photos of British tourists in GreeceFrowning at refugees,Greek children in gym class while hungry.In the direction the raft floats, the sistersPaddling with their hands, a planetarium.I wonder if it houses a telescope capableOf seeing the double misery on a Greek island.Maybe its lens is too powerful.The side of their raft reads EXPLORER.Their soles are black. Nothing To Declare Poem by Bill Grace. Unprepared because you can laughInto an official’s face. Account & Lists Account Returns & Orders. © Academy of American Poets, 75 Maiden Lane, Suite 901, New York, NY 10038, by smooth jazz and a battalion of street-, lights. Interesting by not many LGBT, poems search to be deep. The result is a daring, delicate, unguarded, and tender collection. I am somewhat ambivalent about the volume, as is also true concerning my entire project of seeking to expand my literary horizons by exposing myself to poetry of "quality". and check them in. to conscienceless men with guns and conviction. $3.64 + $3.49 Shipping. There are twenty-eight poems in NOTHING TO DECLARE. Even if they let you enter / The baron won’t let you, Your own. is not what cannot be so easily detected. Nothing to declare May 6, 2008. Nothing to Declare. Nothing to Declare lights. I didn't particularly enjoy this collection even though it's very well structured. Goodreads helps you keep track of books you want to read. hands. You know the waitinguntended in you will surge toward her,and you know something else will sink, sulk itself into a familiar, necessary sleep.You know yourself now only as the ocean knows this island—always pulling away, always, always, returning. There at the altar. Maybe not with actual airport customs, but through my choices of poetic subject matter and how I find the right words at the right time. “I’ve lived in the United States for over twenty years, and still, whether I’m on a flight to Port-of-Spain or to JFK, I say I’m ‘going home.’ The fluidity and liminality of the immigrant experience—at least mine—is intensified in the airport, which is a hard marker of leaving one space for another; it’s a place I’ve always found surreal in its between-ness. Rhythm of roar and stillness, treasured still, Less like a fire than crash and salt of will. I begged for tongues the way that I was taught—: Was this the Holy Spirit that I sought?—: Bashful tongue drawing silence from my throat. Each poem starts up from its own unique occasion and is then conducted through surprising (sometimes unnerving) and self-steadying domains. Buy Nothing to Declare : Poems at Walmart.com Even some of the techniques of Cole’s observation are based on irony of beginning with declarations. Their soles are black. At the airport, you heave the bags, you have stuffed to the limits of carriage, the searching sweep, as if what is dangerous. I have seen black actresses with exquisite feet. Each poem starts up from its own unique occasion and is then conducted through surprising (sometimes unnerving) and self-steadying domains. A bold new collection of poems of feral beauty and intense vulnerabilityHenri Cole's bold new collection, Nothing to Declare, contains poems of feral beauty and intense vulnerability. I picked this book of poems because I was hankering for some poetry, a meal’s worth, not a glut or a warehouse full. Read Bill Grace poem:This Veteran's Day - 11/11/11 Nothing to declare!. There are twenty-eight poems in NOTHING TO DECLARE. Each poem starts up from its own unique occasion and is then conducted through surprising (sometimes unnerving) and self-steadying domains. My brother who got up,who grew up, who got to keep growing. A bold collection of poems of feral beauty and intense vulnerability Henri Cole's bold collection, Nothing to Declare, contains poems of feral beauty and intense vulnerability.Each poem starts up from its own unique occasion and is then conducted through surprising (sometimes unnerving) and … The water is one thing, and one thing for miles.The water is one thing, making this bridgeBuilt over the water another. Published on February 12, 2021. www.poets.org – Listen to Lauren K. Alleyne: "Nothing to Declare" by Poem-a-Day instantly on your tablet, phone or browser - no downloads needed. At seventeen, when I left him for America, his voice was staticked with approaching adulthood, he ate everything in the house, grew what felt like an inch a day, and worehis favorite shirt until mom disappeared it. This June, as we observe LGBTQ Pride—the annual celebration of the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer/questioning communities—we... To see what your friends thought of this book, Henri Cole’s Nothing to Declare is an elusive work of verse: elusive in the sense of its influences are felt lightly, elusive in the complexity of the emotions it explores, and elusive in the lightness in the language. There are no discussion topics on this book yet. A bold new collection of poems of feral beauty and intense vulnerability The poems in Henri Cole's ninth book, Nothing to Declare, explore life and need and delight. Sunday afternoon on a city beach.No sand, slabs of manufactured stone.I watch two blondes, maybe sisters,Inflate a raft. Dazzling and precise lyric. Henri Cole's bold new collection, Nothing to Declare, contains poems of feral beauty and intense vulnerability. Of seeing the double misery on a Greek island. how that was a black boy’s biggest transgression. me having two souls. I don’t march. Forty-Five Years. Each poem starts up from its own unique occasion and is then conducted through surprising (sometimes unnerving) and self-steadying domains. My brother was a boy in the time of fistfights, who walk the wrong roads, which is any road, the death warrant hate has made of their skin—. The result is a daring, delicate, unguarded, and tender collection. Just a moment while we sign you in to your Goodreads account. I wonder if it houses a telescope capable. —Lauren K. Alleyne. you belong to. The water is one thing, making this bridge, Early, walk it back when the day goes dim, everyone. Skip to main content.ca. I am mourning the boyswho walk the wrong roads, which is any road in America. At security, the usual stripping.You surrender your body to the scan, the searching sweep, as if what is dangerous is not what cannot be so easily detected.You comply. ପଖାଳ ଚାଳିଶା (Pakhala Chalisa) – ଅକାଳ କୁଷ୍ମାଣ୍ଡ (Akala Kushmanda) ପଖାଳ ରହସ୍ୟ (Pakhala Rahasya) – ବିଶ୍ୱେଶ୍ୱର ମାଝି (Bishweswar Majhi) I immediately feel, I am here!” (30). FXW: I don’t know how to swimMe: What? You have no trouble. You have no trouble knowing what to do with your empty hands. I want this to be a dream,but I am awake and in this placewhere the only blue named homeis a song and we are meant to sink,to sputter, to drown. Preserving as the sunset breathes the sky. Each poem starts up from its own unique occasion and is then conducted through surprising (sometimes unnerving) and self-steadying domains. Free 2-day shipping. Originally published in Poem-a-Day on February 12, 2021, by the Academy of American Poets. Skip to content. This book was a gift, and I knew nothing about Cole until the first poem caught me in its undertow. Let us know what’s wrong with this preview of, Published Nothing to Declare: Poems: Cole, Henri: 9780374536695: Books - Amazon.ca. Home; ... Pakhala Poems & Songs. Each poem starts up from its own unique occasion and is then conducted through surprising (sometimes unnerving) and self-steadying domains. Richard Ford Issue 229, Summer 2019. I’m not crossingTo cross back. And I’m gratefulhe was a boy in a country of black boys,in the time of walks to the storeon Aunty Marge’s corner to buy contraband sweeties and sweetdrinks with change snuck from mom’s handbag or dad’s wallet— how that was a black boy’s biggest transgression,and so far from fatal it feels an un-American dream. 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