“We were made to believe / our faces betrayed us. / Our bodies were loud / with yellow / screaming flesh / needing to be silenced / behind barbed wire.” WorldBelieveMadeWarBodyFacesBehindsRacismFleshLoudWar Of The WorldsBigotryYellowWorld War IiWorld War IBetrayedWireBarbed Wire Book:We, the Dangerous: New and Selected Poems Source: We, the Dangerous: New and Selected Poems
“I am iron butterfly ... / I am she/we / of flesh / and iron / and silk wings, / healing, flying / into a gentle blue sky.” HealingSkyConfidenceBlueWingsFleshFlyingGentleIronButterflySilkBlue Sky Author:Janice Mirikitani
