Ovation
Rent from DeepDyve- Ovation
i’ve been watching you double yourself overnight especially after the rains come and you play tug of war with the morning sun for the very last drops of nectar
your premature budding and kentucky’s persnickety spring made me worry that you might not find your way but I see you up there, fearless and so very alive mimicking a butterfly cavalry, a church full of paper fans, an endless see of little green hands applauding spring’s late but timely arrival [End Page 16]
Frank X Walker coined the term, “Affrilachian” to refer to Appalachian African-Americans and founded Pluck! The Journal of Affrilachian Arts and Culture. He is the author of five poetry collections and serves the University of Kentucky as an Associate Professor in the Department of English and the Director of the African American and African Studies Program.
