{"id":19227,"date":"2024-11-01T14:44:36","date_gmt":"2024-11-01T19:44:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp0.vanderbilt.edu\/nashvillereview\/?p=19227"},"modified":"2024-11-02T14:41:02","modified_gmt":"2024-11-02T19:41:02","slug":"ode-to-oud","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wp0.vanderbilt.edu\/nashvillereview\/archives\/19227","title":{"rendered":"Ode to OUD"},"content":{"rendered":"
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(diaspora, noun from Latin,<\/span> diaspeirein<\/span><\/em>
from<\/span> dia<\/em>–<\/span> \u2018across\u2019 +<\/span> speirein<\/em>–<\/span> \u2018scatter\u2019)<\/span><\/div>\n

your petaled emissary<\/span> iiiii<\/span> your seasoned must<\/span>
\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0laddering air to shore iiiii<\/span><\/span> a familial face memorized<\/span>
from bargain picture frames<\/span> iiiii<\/span>\u00a0your self breathless\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0<\/span>
with new-wed joy friends<\/span> iiiii<\/span>\u00a0washing loaves of halua<\/span>
\u00a0 \u00a0 with rains of bitter coff<\/span>ee<\/span> iiiii<\/span>\u00a0your gapped teeth browned<\/span>
as mine even in the<\/span> iiiii<\/span>\u00a0black & white of<\/span> film\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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let us break now here<\/span> iiiii<\/span>\u00a0tonight as every night<\/span>
on this wrong oceanside<\/span> iiiii<\/span> flints of oud afl<\/span>ame\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<\/span>
\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0over embers of coal<\/span> iiiii<\/span>\u00a0over curls of hemp-treated braids<\/span>
brown eyes smoked to<\/span> iiiii<\/span>\u00a0unreliable necessary witness<\/span>
eschewed mouths<\/span> iiiii<\/span>\u00a0stirred to urgent song<\/span><\/div>\n

ode owed to you<\/span> iiiii<\/span>\u00a0your rusty wheelbarrow<\/span>
from forever or so ago<\/span> iiiii<\/span>\u00a0your heirloom for market<\/span>
\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0tarp-lined & weighed by rocks<\/span> iiiii<\/span>\u00a0tariff<\/span>ed with dates papaya coconuts<\/span>
your homily of no IOUs<\/span> iiiii<\/span>\u00a0& on noteworthy days\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n

the thick spoon of your<\/span> iiiii<\/span>\u00a0dark veined hand its<\/span>
appetite for tetanus injections<\/span> iiiii<\/span>\u00a0ladling lentil curry\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<\/span>
steaming over every incensed<\/span> iiiii<\/span>\u00a0frame of home\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0<\/span>
over your guarded<\/span> iiiii<\/span>\u00a0gift shelf of myrrh<\/span>
the spored heartwood of<\/span> iiiii<\/span>\u00a0oud my baggage claim<\/span><\/div>\n

ocean over fault ocean<\/span> iiiii<\/span>\u00a0this double armory of<\/span>
mask & musk<\/span> iiiii<\/span>\u00a0tolled night after herbal<\/span>
night a summons<\/span> iiiii<\/span>\u00a0muscled by aromatic memory<\/span>
for your nectared tales<\/span> iiiii<\/span>\u00a0from forever or so ago\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Migwi Mwangi<\/span><\/a><\/h6>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

(diaspora, noun from Latin, diaspeireinfrom dia– \u2018across\u2019 + speirein– \u2018scatter\u2019) your petaled emissary iiiii your seasoned must\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0laddering air to shore iiiii a familial face memorizedfrom bargain picture frames iiiii\u00a0your self breathless\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0with new-wed joy friends iiiii\u00a0washing loaves of halua\u00a0 \u00a0 with rains of bitter coffee iiiii\u00a0your gapped teeth brownedas mine even in […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2318,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false},"categories":[82,1],"tags":[25],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6Jypy-507","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp0.vanderbilt.edu\/nashvillereview\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19227"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp0.vanderbilt.edu\/nashvillereview\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp0.vanderbilt.edu\/nashvillereview\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp0.vanderbilt.edu\/nashvillereview\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2318"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp0.vanderbilt.edu\/nashvillereview\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19227"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/wp0.vanderbilt.edu\/nashvillereview\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19227\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19297,"href":"https:\/\/wp0.vanderbilt.edu\/nashvillereview\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19227\/revisions\/19297"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp0.vanderbilt.edu\/nashvillereview\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19227"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp0.vanderbilt.edu\/nashvillereview\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19227"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp0.vanderbilt.edu\/nashvillereview\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19227"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}