divine daughter speaks in dark blue accents ebony her consonants her vowels of silver gilt hallowed lady of the moon low tones of satinwood she breathes of love of sorrow timeless daylight tenor sax that shoots a golden stream into her tired veins and carries her – immortal – to her lonely tomb * * * First line from Kamau Daáood's “Deep River in Her Voice” in "The Language of Saxophones" (2005)
"Divine Daughter Speaks".
From a sequence, "Pocket Lights", each starting with the first line of a poem from a City Lights "Pocket Poets" volumes
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