mfa – Page 2 – Little Bristling Soul

Joanna Klink from “Sorting & Wonder of Birds”

When I wake up I am responsible
When I wake up alone, I am forced to see

Over the ossified earth the waters are rising
I avert my eyes

Each of us who has a home—
we darken

And the wonder of birds is that they still rise
The wonder of birds

I believe in what is gentle in us, despite what we have done
I believe I can praise everything I am not permitted to become

I believe there is no love in bluntness
but in the struggle toward attention
which is light

god, I am so in love with Joanna’s brilliance and radical kindness and gentle, fierce, enduring beauty of spirit. and so grateful for my time working with her. swoon.

Joanna Klink on Jorie Graham’s Swarm (full text)

Joanna Klink from Raptus