Poem of the Day
1981
By Asiya Wadud
in a world the orange sun resets
in a world the orange sun resets
Visitor to Witley Court
enter at your peril
Forests burn into their clearings. A sense of dread.
We want to see the Statue of Liberty giggling.
It is half life
There is honey in your harmony
I am the one
who skulks in the library
The door. If you pull it it’s heavy; if you
push it it’s hard.
Bands of distracted emotions snap getting
wider as daytime colors sink and roll on their
sides.
I needed a long bus ride up-
town like a new hole oh well
I woke up remembered “It is a day”
& went out to make it
be a day
I’ve meant to tell you many things about my life,
& every time the moment has conquered me.