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Roya Marsh (she/her/hers) reads her poem, “Blk Anger" to be published by Feminist Press.
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https://instagram.com/champagnepoet
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My name is Roya Marsh and I'm the author of Daylight.
The poem that I'm going to be reading for you all today is called, "Blk Anger." This poem came after a poem that I had written called, "Blk Joy." Which sort of took my poetry career on to a completely different journey from the one I had already been on. Folks assumed because I could perform, because I could profess how I was feeling and my view of the world, through this joyful stance, that meant I was living a life that was void of anger of upset, right?
And I needed folks to understand that I, too, contain multitudes. And that, at any given point, there is no one corner of my intersection that exists without the other. Right?
We know that without joy we wouldn't really understand the gravity of pain and vice versa. And so, it's a gift to be able to share this piece with you all today.
The poem that I'm going to be reading for you all today is called, "Blk Anger." This poem came after a poem that I had written called, "Blk Joy." Which sort of took my poetry career on to a completely different journey from the one I had already been on. Folks assumed because I could perform, because I could profess how I was feeling and my view of the world, through this joyful stance, that meant I was living a life that was void of anger of upset, right?
And I needed folks to understand that I, too, contain multitudes. And that, at any given point, there is no one corner of my intersection that exists without the other. Right?
We know that without joy we wouldn't really understand the gravity of pain and vice versa. And so, it's a gift to be able to share this piece with you all today.