5 Mar 2020 Toni Morrison (1931–2019), while best known for her critically acclaimed and prize winning novels, wrote one volume of poetry, Five Poems
John Hoppenthaler's books of poetry are Lives of Water (2003), Anticipate the Coming Reservoir (2008), and Poem from Titles in Toni Morrison's Library.
I tore from a limb fruit that had lost its green. My hands were warmed by the heat of an apple Fire red and humming. I bit sweet power to the core. Toni Morrison on the Body as an Instrument of Joy, Sanity, and Self-Love “Love your hands! Love them. Raise them up and kiss them… Love your neck; put a hand on it, grace it, stroke it and hold it up… Love your heart.
Quelle: Beloved (1987) Kontext: Bit by bit, at 124 and in the Clearing, along with others, she had claimed herself. Freeing yourself was one thing; claiming ownership of that freed self was another.