EGO UMBRA and 3 other poems
Natures spectral shadow rises, a fierce ecofeminist reclamation of memory and agency,…
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From ULR
Issue 7 – Environment
EGO UMBRA
A spectral female shadow of nature silently witnesses humanity's destructive neglect of its vast beauty
June 15, 2022
If Nature
Took a human shape
It would be
A female
Shadow self
Only spectral
Living witness
To harm
Being done
On all
Four corners
Of her
Vast creation.
Her human
Children don’t
Appreciate her
Natural beauty
As is—
W: 8.5.21
[ For Diane Ward. ][ Inspired by the painting Me And My Shadow by Lady Tiffany. ]
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Dee Allen
Dee Allen African-Italian performance poet based in Oakland, California U.S.A. Active on creative writing & Spoken Word since the early 1990s. Author of 7 books—Boneyard, Unwritten Law, Stormwater, Skeletal Black [ all from POOR Press ], Elohi Unitsi [ Conviction 2 Change Publishing ] and his newest, Rusty Gallows: Passages Against Hate [ Vagabond Books ] and Plans [ Nomadic Press ]—and 46 anthology appearances under his figurative belt so far.