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preaching to the converted
by margareta waterman
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not preachin
singin
not preachers
singers we are
we speak oh yes
and beautifully
but who is addressed?
and who listens?
no conversion
only awakening
we sing
lament as lovely, sung
as sweet love
in the springtime
only awakening
some of us
no separateness
song of all life
horror itself can show
its cancerous beauty
does light argue with darkness,
warmth with cold?
while galaxies spin
and orgasm opens our souls
cancers do arise
head lice reincarnate
we are the ink, words
dark against the page of many colors
who sings may listen
who breathes sings
head lice disturb us
cancers give us fear and pain
voice stretches and resonates
chorus swells with solidarity
singing mitigates the horror
only the heart can heal
we, we are the singers
shadows of the song
? ? ? ? ---- 2003
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 margereta waterman has performed, recorded and toured the us and canada. her career in poetry has included many stations of the craft: 20 published books(and has published the work of many peers), evenings of abstract theatre, mixed-media events and poetry readings, innovative poetry videos, touring the us and canada, visual poetry mural, collaborative work, festivals, magazines and reviews and workshops. her work has been featured and praised in magazines and books, on radio and tv, in poetry scenes and other literate worlds. she has never left an audience unmoved. margereta lives in sinston, oreg.
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