July 3, 2012 / Creative Writing
In “Enduring Freedom,” Brian Volck brings us to war-torn Afghanistan, where a mother sees “evidence of things unhoped for: an arm, half a foot, an ear.”
the juncture of beauty and cognition,
practicality and imagination—
these are our clothes.
we are wearing art.
unaware that we are muses,
we swim in conception,
sleep among wonder,
adjacent to inventiveness.
we are wearing art.
oblivious to our bodied significance,
stunning precisely
because we are canvas,
clay
and stone,
sand
and volcano.
our bodies—
surfaced wearings—
steer life into the center,
into stitches,
concentrated colors,
chaotic collaborations.
feverish
we glimpse the world
that will be
our skin
lovely
infinite.
About the Author
Oluwatomisin Oredein
Oluwatomisin “Tomi” Oredein is a ThD candidate in theology and ethics at Duke University Divinity School. Her work focuses on Christian theology from an African diasporic perspective. Oredein is a contributing editor at Marginalia LA Review of Books and the author of the chapbook i have stared down winters.
Brian Volck
July 3, 2012 / Creative Writing
July 3, 2012 / Creative Writing
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October 4, 2012 / Creative Writing
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In “Manifest,” Quist’s Sunday morning rush is interrupted by a presence that both calms and sharpens, a presence that turns irritation into reverent watchfulness.