A Poem For Amina
By Jo Phillips
Marcia Kure is a mixed media artist and sculptor based in Princeton, New Jersey, USA, and Abuja and Kaduna, Nigeria. She has recently taken part in a collaborative show with Alexander McQueen (see here) and created a poem to sit with her artworks. Read A Poem for Amina Here
A poem for Amina
to skin
to gorge, gouge paper,
tear, scorch, burn
incise a script
talk, tell me of
warrior queens, water drums
warfare courtiers, snake oil salesmen
erect sentinels and eunuchs
thick dome walls of mud and blood
draw me those century old trade routes of indigo
and spice on caravan back bead pendant of an
Agadez cross, loom, glimmer in dark
crevices of gold firearms conceal amber
inhale the smell of ginger spouting
from the earth crust A poem for Amina
to skin
to gorge, gouge paper,
tear, scorch, burn
incise a script
talk, tell me of
warrior queens, water drums
warfare courtiers, snake oil salesmen
erect sentinels and eunuchs
thick dome walls of mud and blood
draw me those century old trade routes of indigo
and spice on caravan back bead pendant of an
Agadez cross, loom, glimmer in dark
crevices of gold firearms conceal amber
inhale the smell of ginger spouting
from the earth crust
just above surface, sensitive to touch
scars, cicatrization on rhizome skin
bear roots that stretch beyond the walls
unto the waters of the atlantic –
echo
just above surface, sensitive to touch
scars, cicatrization on rhizome skin
bear roots that stretch beyond the walls
unto the waters of the atlantic –
The poem is part of Marcia Kure contribution to a temporary installation designed to showcase the individual approaches and the ways in which artworks and fashion interact.
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