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Poetry: Necessary Bread
By Jewelle Gomez–
“I think that I shall never see/A poem as lovely as a tree.” What a strange way to enter the world of poetry, but that poem was at the top of the teaching list when I was in elementary school and is the first poem I can remember encountering. That doesn’t count my great grandmother’s periodic recitation of Longfellow’s 19th century ballade “The Wreck of the Hesperus,” another oddity from childhood.
I loved the rhyme and simplicity of a poem about the importance of trees, but had my doubts about the poem’s accuracy … especially its ending: “Poems are made by fools like me/But only God can make a tree.”
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Thank you for your kind words. I think that the experience of feeling other is common to many communities and I’m glad that my work spoke to you. My children’s father is Chinese American by way of Hawaii, and I think they’ve each had moments of feeling as if they have to hold on to cultural things tightly if they want to keep them.
I had my great grandmas until I was almost done with High School and my grandmothers until about nine years ago (they passed in the same year). I don’t know if writing generally inspires memories, but sometimes I write them letters. Still. Now. Those inspire memories. I’m closer and closer to my ancestors as I get older, if that makes sense. I think about decisions they made and even the things I used to feel some irritation at or some impatience with, these days I’m more patient, I think.
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