Reading “Kingdom Animalia” by Aracelis Girmay
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Poetry Lunch S1E9
Reading “Kingdom Animalia” by Aracelis Girmay from Kingdom Animalia, published by BOA Editions Ltd.
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A brother. A train. Fat persimmon, sad heart. Impossible stars and dirt kissing and the idea of allowing your body love—this poem conjures a kind of longing to be touched that goes past what I think I know about love.
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I haven’t printed anything from this poem but I have been living with it some years now and can feel a few lines taking shape on a small page. I never know quite when a print will come as designs take their own mysterious time.
Update summer 2022: the print took form!
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Related print
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Links to purchase
Get the book here: Kingdom Animalia and the print here: Be Held Now.
