"This work is unlike any other, in its range of rich, conjuring imagery and its dexterity, its smart voice. Carroll-Hackett doesn’t spare us—but doesn’t save us—she draws a blueprint of power and class with her unflinching pivot: matter-of-fact and tender." —Jan Beatty

Daily Prompt <3 The Elders

April 27, 2016

 

Happy National Poetry Month!

Another of the poets who made me want to be a poet, one of the voices of my childhood. This poem still takes me to my Appalachian grandparents’ table.

The Bean Eaters

Gwendolyn Brooks

They eat beans mostly, this old yellow pair.
Dinner is a casual affair.
Plain chipware on a plain and creaking wood, 
Tin flatware.

Two who are Mostly Good.
Two who have lived their day,
But keep on putting on their clothes
And putting things away.

And remembering . . .
Remembering, with twinklings and twinges,
As they lean over the beans in their rented back room that
          is full of beads and receipts and dolls and cloths,
          tobacco crumbs, vases and fringes.

 

Make art about the old ones.

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Old Couple by John Biggers

 

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  1. #NationalPoetryMonth’16 Round-up (Day 27) | Bonespark~ said:
    April 27, 2016 at 3:10 pm

    […] “Favorite music prompt” Indiana Humanities’ “Convergence prompt” Mary Carroll-Hackett’s “Old Ones prompt” Imaginary Garden’s “Way of Tea prompt” Lagan Press’ “Second Thoughts […]

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