All in Catherine Maryse Anderson
by Catherine Maryse Anderson
It's #tbt! Enjoy this great one from SWWIM Every Day's archives!
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My son was proud of his performance
on stage or so I thought by his
posture and grin.
His drum solo was intoxicating,
his smile like maple syrup on
pancakes, overflowing.
Did you notice that all the Black
kids were in the back? And you know
it's not because we're not as good.
You know that, right? he said, the
syrup falling off the fork, onto his lap.
The music he played turning to static.
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Catherine Maryse Anderson (she/they) is a poet, essayist, photographer, anti-racist ally, abolitionist, and educator in Providence, Rhode Island. She is currently collaborating on a shared poetry project with her 90-year-old mother with dementia.
by Catherine Maryse Anderson
My son was proud of his performance
on stage, or so I thought by his
posture and grin.
His drum solo was intoxicating,
his smile like maple syrup on
pancakes, overflowing.
Did you notice that all the Black
kids were in the back? And you know
it’s not because we're not as good.
You know that, right? he said, the
syrup falling off the fork, onto his lap.
The music he played turning to static.
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Catherine Maryse Anderson is a poet, essayist, photographer, anti-racist ally, educator and director and curator of the performing arts in Portland, Maine. Her first manuscript Black Enough, which she began at her stay at the Martha’s Vineyard Writers Residency in April, 2014 was recently completed. She blogs and shares her poems and photography at mamacandtheboys.com.
