The undertaker's daughter by Derricotte, Toi, 1941- instant download

The undertaker's daughter by Derricotte, Toi, 1941- instant download

94 pages ; 23 cm, Features a collection of poems that describe such topics as her abusive father, family life, how the abuse affected her as an adult, and light-skinned blacks passing as whites, Poems, pt. I. The undertaker's daughter. I am not afraid to be memoir -- Burial sites -- The undertaker's daughter -- Sunday afternoons at Claire Carlyle's -- For my unnamed brother (1943-1943) -- Dolls -- Mistrust of the beloved -- pt. II. A memory of the future. I see my father after his death -- My dad & sardines -- On a picture of the Buddhist monk Pema Chödrön -- On the revolution of the Jersey cows -- The new pet -- The Telly cycle (For Telly the fish ; Special ears ; Another poem of a small grieving for my fish Telly ; On the reasons I loved Telly the fish ; Because I was good to Telly in his life ; An apology to Telly the revolutionary) -- When the goddess makes love to me -- Untitled -- The night I stopped singing like Billie Holiday -- When I touched her -- The iris and chicken fat -- Lighting the tulips -- Gershwin -- A little prayer to Our Lady -- To a cruel lover -- Cherry blossoms -- How Craig Foster enabled me to write the poems I'm writing now & gave me this voice -- pt. III. The undertaking. The exigencies of form -- The undertaking