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The scuppernong, used as a descriptor in this evocative poem, is my choice for #weirdwordsWednesday. The poem “When I Call Your Name” almost makes me blush just reading it, let alone posting about it. Its got such an open and honest depiction of sexual longing which is quite beautiful. And I couldn‘t not post about such a fun and evocatively descriptive word.
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I just read this excellent piece in remembrance of Minnie Bruce Pratt‘s life which outlines her activism and literary work. I‘m sorry to be learning about her so late but feeling inspired by her life. Here‘s the link:

https://autostraddle.us6.list-manage.com/track/click?u=dfd652b400b597fc7e9de03d3...

From the poem “Reading Maps: One.”
“We locate forbidden places, the kind marked dangerous, swamp, unknown territory on the old charts. We plot change. We love one another. Our bodies become lodestones to the future. We imagine a place not marked yet on any map. Between us words tremble and veer, like the iron needle of a compass, a guide to what we are making real.”
RIP Minnie Bruce Pratt
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