A review by iseefeelings
Graffiti (and Other Poems) by Savannah Brown

reflective slow-paced

3.0



favourites:
* moles don't think about space or small talk
excerpt -
"when i was little, i was told
i had an excellent imagination -
who ever would have guessed
i'd use it in the creation
of my own personal hell
where everything's my fault,
and no matter how small i get,
i always take up too much space,
while, at the same time, taking up no space
because have you ever thought about
how big space is?"


* heirlooms
excerpt -
"my father taught me that the hands
of anyone who touches me should
be gentle and my mother taught me
that if they are not, i should slice them off
with the blade my father gave me
that i keep underneath my tongue

my mother taught me to not be afraid
to be a shout amongst whispers
and to be unapologetic for the noise
(this is something i am still learning)
my mother taught me that if her presence
feels like a grenade, then so
does mine"


* three things I have learned four thousand miles from home
excerpt -

"[...]
(independence is not a striving to be alone,
not purposeful seclusion,
but having the strength to say
i'd be okay if you weren't here with me
but i'm so glad that you are
and i hope you'll stay awhile)"


* words of gods
excerpt -
"nothing is too pure to avoid being
sliced away slowly by each
passing second
there's a comfort in knowing
that there is an end
to each elation and tragedy,
there is an end
and i think that is the only thing
we can be sure of"


* a poem for ohio
excerpt -
"where you are born will never change
in name nor place nor creed
old words decay and footprints fade,
but it's still home indeed"