2018 / poetry / author

MARGUERITE BOUVARD

 

PERSPECTIVES
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In a world of vast cumulus clouds,
warming seas filled with the sting
of jellyfish, in a world of deeper stings
when a policeman shoots an innocent

black man, and then claims that he was just
protecting himself, where we do not see
ourselves in the "other," and are blinded by
hatred and a twisted version of history,

there is another world, a drawing of flowers
made by a four-year-old child, the hand
reaching out to another, the scent of a hidden
garden; sage, basil, thyme, the spurt

of bushes growing out of ancient
volcanic rock, green feathers growing
out of destruction, nature talking back
to us, love sliding through crevices.

 
 

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MARGUERITE BOUVARD is the author of ten poetry books, two of which have won awards. She has also published numerous non-fiction books in a variety of fields. Her non-fiction books are concerned with women and human rights. She has also written about social justice, illness, and grief. Her concern for the human condition is a common theme that runs throughout her publications. Marguerite was a professor of Political Science and a Director of Poetry Workshops at Regis College, and a writer in residence at the University of Maryland. She is currently a Resident Scholar at the Women’s Studies Research Center at Brandeis University.

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