to beat a blue bird black: A Collection of Poems by Elle Cox

By Elle Cox

Analyzing the world as she experiences it, this poetry book by Elle Cox is filled with dark imagination and hope. Based on her lived experience and understanding as Black woman, the book tells a gripping story of abstraction through 12 poems. To beat a blue bird black is a story of loss, pain, hope, and questioning.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Lulu.com
• Release date: Mar 27, 2022
• ISBN: 9781458320759

Book preview

when I write poetry

i speak with twisted words because 

it's all that i know

the world is a thing i 

do not understand

but i trust my mind 

only sometimes

and i trust my voice

when i sing of poetry

and i hear my words 

burrowing in my head

furrowed and cooning

like a bird in its nest

but broken and changed

and sitting like a duck

when it's just a baby owl

to small to be wise

i trust my words because 

it's all that i know

the earth is too soft

against my feet and 

i stay

gripping my toes 

and sigh of relief

my words mean something

even if just to me

so listen and be still

because this