ఆమె, కవయిత్రి, కథా రచయితా, నాటక కర్తా, గేయరచయితా, రాక్ బ్యాండ్ కళాకారిణి.
Pet Food and Tropical Apparitions, Dogeaters అన్న ఆమె నవలికలు (తర్వాత నాటక రంగానికి అనువుగా తీర్చబడ్డాయి) అందులో ఆమె చేసిన ప్రయోగాలకు ఎనలేని కీర్తిని సంపాదించి పెట్టాయి. Dangerous Music అన్నది ఆమె తొలి కవితా సంకలనం. ఆమె Where the Mississippi Meets Amazon, Mango Tango, The Holy Food, Tenement Lover అన్న నాలుగు నాటకాలేగాక రేడియోలకీ, రంగస్థలికీ ఇంకా ఛాలా వ్రాసింది.
పసి పిల్లలు అన్న మాట ఎక్కడా వాడకుండా, పైకి ప్రేమకవితలా కనిపింపజేస్తూ, మాటలు ఎంత భ్రాంతికారకాలో నిరూపించడానికా అన్నట్టు ఈ కవితని చక్కగా నిర్వహించిందని నా అభిప్రాయం.
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Sorcery
there are some people i know whose beauty is a crime. who make you so crazy you don’t know whether to throw yourself at them or kill them. which makes for permanent madness. which could be bad for you. you better be on the lookout for such circumstances.
stay away from the night. they most likely lurk in the corners of the room where they think they being inconspicuous but they so beautiful an aura gives them away.
stay away from the day. they most likely be walking down the street when you least expect it trying to look ordinary but they so fine they break your heart by making you dream of other possibilities.
stay away from crazy music. they most likely be creating it cuz when you’re that beautiful you can’t help putting it out there. everyone knows how dangerous that can get.
stay away from magic shows. especially those involving words words are very tricky things. everyone knows words the most common instruments of illusion.
they most likely be saying them. breathing poems so rhythmic you can’t help but dance.
and once you start dancing to words you might never stop.
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Jessica Tarahata Hagedorn
(1947 – )
A Filipino-American Poet, Novelist, Dramatist, Short Story Writer, Performance Artist, Rock-and-Roll Band Leader and Filipino diva.
Her novel “Dogeaters” was critically acclaimed (later it was adapted to stage), and so were her poetry (Dangerous Music) and her plays (Where the Mississippi Meets Amazon, Mango Tango, The Holy Food, Tenement Lover etc. ). She won American Book Award in 1981 for her Novella Pet Food and Tropical Apparitions and the book also won MacDowell Colony Fellowship for 1985.
In the present poem you can see how deftly she handles the subject with the apparent traits without ever making the explicit use of the words… babies or children.
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