Barbara Jane Reyes | The Poetry Foundation
About this Poem “My mother passed away in November , and I am still grieving. Having to bury her during COVID was one of the worst things; so many people could not come to say their farewells, and all of our funeral rituals had to be dramatically scaled back or conducted over Zoom. How a Poem Happens: Barbara Jane Reyes
Barbara Jane Reyes was born in Manila, the Philippines, and grew up in the San Francisco Bay area. She earned a BA in ethnic studies from the University of California at Berkeley and an MFA from San Francisco State University. Barbara Jane Reyes | Fishouse
Originally published in Poem-a-Day on Aug, by the Academy of American Poets. “My mother passed away in November , and I am still grieving. Having to bury her during COVID was one of the worst things; so many people could not come to say their farewells, and all of our funeral rituals had to be dramatically scaled back or. Poeta en San Francisco - Barbara Jane Reyes
Do you ever get sick of trying to be a miscast space filler in someone else's self-absorbed narrative, that has nothing to do with you. That whether you are in their room or not, it makes no difference to their outcome, though you add color and spice.
Journal/Notes – Barbara Jane Reyes
Love your prose poem yes, it reminds me of the elders sitting around and talking story, especially at funerals and wakes. About turning cigarettes inside the mouth: I've been told (by elders) that this habit developed from women smoking while washing laundry at a river. Barbara Jane Reyes | The Poetry Foundation
I am writing poems from the point of view of the imperfect second daughter of Evelyn P. Reyes and Tony M. Reyes, both of whom are now deceased. I am writing so much what if, and if only. What if I had asked more questions, and what if I had asked better questions. I believe in my mother, the mother almighty, mover of heaven and earth, creator of daughters and dinner, all that is always unseen. About this Poem “My mother passed away in November 2020, and I am still grieving. Having to bury her during COVID was one of the worst things; so many people could not come to say their farewells, and all of our funeral rituals had to be dramatically scaled back or conducted over Zoom.
A ghost is a dissolving self sequestered in the shadows of others. Barbara Jane Reyes was born in Manila, the Philippines, and grew up in the San Francisco Bay area. She earned a BA in ethnic studies from the University of California at Berkeley and an MFA from San Francisco State University.
You use the saba banana. Do you ever get sick of trying to be a miscast space filler in someone else's self-absorbed narrative, that has nothing to do with you. That whether you are in their room or not, it makes no difference to their outcome, though you add color and spice.
Brown Girl Creed by Barbara Jane Reyes - Poems | Academy of ...
Barbara Jane Reyes is an American poet born in Manila, Philippines. She is the author of Gravities of Center (), Poeta en San Francisco (), for which she received the James Laughlin Award of the Academy of American Poets, and Diwata (), To Love as.