Cozy Apologia Flashcards
What are 2 pieces of context about the poet?
-She was the first black woman poet in America
-She’s married to former writer Fred Viebahn
What is a piece of context about the poem itself?
-Set in the arrival of Hurricane Floyd which hit the east coast of the USA in 1999
‘I _____ pick __________ ___ _____ __ ____ - this ____, the ____-______ _____’
‘I could pick anything and think of you - this lamp, the wind-still rain’
‘I _____ choose ___ _____, ___ cause __ ____’
‘I could choose any hero, any cause or age’
‘Astride _ _______ ____, ____ _____ __ ___ ____’
‘Astride a dappled mare, legs braced as far apart’
‘And chain ____ ________, to ___ __ ____’
‘And chain mail glinting, to set me free’
‘Today _ _________ is _______ __ ___ _____,
‘Today a hurricane is nudging up the coast,
‘Oddly ____: ___ ____ _____, __ brings _ ___ __ _________:’
‘Oddly male: Big Bad Floyd, who brings a host of daydreams:’
‘Aw____ _____________’
‘Awkward reminiscences ‘
‘Were thin __ ________ ___ __ _____,’
‘Were thin as liquorice and as chewy,’
‘Sweet ___ _ ____ ___ _____ ______.’
‘Sweet with a dark and hollow centre.’
‘You’re ________ in your _____, I’m ______ in mine’
‘You’re bunkered in your aerie, I’m perched in mine’
’(____ desks, _________, _________ _____)’
‘(twin desks, computers, hardwood floors)’
‘We’re ______, but fall ____ __ ___ ______.’
‘We’re content, but fall short of the divine.’
‘____ ___ ___ ordinary ever ___ ____?’
‘When has the ordinary ever been news?’
