Praise the Lorde St. Croix Dream Trip

Every contributor to the Praise the Lorde St. Croix Dream trip will get their very own poem written by Alexis inspired by one of the poems in Audre Lorde's The Marvelous Arithmetics of Distance!

Hooray!

(at the poetics of difference)

by Alexis Pauline Gumbs

after "Smelling the Wind"

Oya in
everything else out

with the clarity of hurricane and brimstone
I reckon distance divides itself into itself
love multiplies into the same

cherished dream of difference
sweet with chosen name and sweat
drown me in your face
wake me in your silence

rush me headlong into
in
too
close.

by Audre Lorde

Rushing headlong
into new silence
your face
dips on my horizon
the name
of a cherished dream
riding my anchor
one sweet season
to cast off
on another voyage

No reckoning allowed
save the marvelous arithmetics
of distance

If you know Alexis AT ALL you KNOW why accepting Gloria Joseph's invitation to go to St. Croix and commune with the spirit, history and legacy of Audre Lorde is the opportunity of a lifetime.

Your donation to this trip means absolutely everything!