Maroon: A Selection of Poems
Maroon is the debut collection of Haitian-American poet Danielle Georges who writes of the pain of exile, the beauty of nature, and the delights of love in highly rhythmic, highly original language. The range of her voice is remarkable-from the comic to the tragic to the lyric, but always her poetry is electric with an overpowering zest for life and vitality of language.
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Maroon is the debut collection of Haitian-American poet Danielle Georges who writes of the pain of exile, the beauty of nature, and the delights of love in highly rhythmic, highly original language. The range of her voice is remarkable-from the comic to the tragic to the lyric, but always her poetry is electric with an overpowering zest for life and vitality of language.fromOur WaterWe could have been a waterfall,at the sacred site of Saute-D'eau,encircled by an impromptuceremony of birds.Instead, in Boston's November.we take what we can:flights of laughter,and only a barof soapbetween us.Marketing Plans:• Author readings in Boston, Hartford, Storrs, Amherst, New York.
To and From3Buttercup5A Dream: The Clock Is Melting6Songs For Women7Hen Hen Hen8musing10palimpsest dress11Night Watch12Attached14Maroon15Fishing17small i20How to Kiss22A Painting at the Met24Another Ode to Salt27Boston Back Yard28Mrs. Jean-Louis Listens to the Doctor, Boston City Hospital29Family Portrait30Airfield31Accents in Degrees32Stones for Libations33My Father is Dogon35Anacaona36Nova39The List Grows40Vellum41Praisesong for Port-au-Prince42Fin We Mo43St. Francesco46Ogoun47General Sun48Vexed51Compas54Fillette55Looking Up56Our Water57Writing Lesson on the Lawn58Everyone Loves a Good Villain61A Cut62At the Basketball Hall of Fame63Grasshopper65Hostage67The Yellow Forms of Paradise68Notes71
