Apologies to My Hair: A Black Woman's Sonnet
2004; Johns Hopkins University Press; Volume: 27; Issue: 3 Linguagem: Inglês
10.1353/cal.2004.0125
ISSN1080-6512
Autores Tópico(s)American and British Literature Analysis
ResumoApologies to My Hair: A Black Woman's Sonnet Allison Joseph (bio) So why'd I torture you for years, so long, inflicting chemicals on scalp and skin, pulling hunks of you through fiery combs so you'd lie straight and stiff? I only thinned your numbers out, made sure you couldn't grow strong by shocking you with lye, a dryer's din and heat to fry my follicles, then hair spray or foam— thick mousse to make my hair obey, make it akin to cotton candy. Now, I let you roam wherever you want. Couldn't leave you be before, but now I'm awed by all I find in you: a stray feather, leaf shed from a tree, a strand of my husband's hair, a texture we don't share. Somehow, we still end up entwined. Allison Joseph Allison Joseph is the author of five collections of poems, the most recent being Imitation of Life and Worldly Pleasures. She teaches creative writing at Southern Illinois University (Carbondale), where she is Editor of Crab Orchard Review. Copyright © 2004 Charles H. Rowell
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