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Appealing to the Good is Us, Chad Norman writes poignantly and lyrically about the human journey, punctuated by border crossings, walls and barb-wire fences, racism, and intolerance based on one's physical looks, religion, gender, language, and geographic dis/location. In these deeply moving poems, the author reminds us that not only are we each other's keeper, but also stewards of the planet. Thus, the care of each other and the planet go hand in hand. These poems are warnings, prophecies, and elegies, but also a strong belief in the goodness of each one of us, and a gentle coaxing into performing right action. This is the only way we will be able to pull ourselves from the brink. Norman offers a blueprint for right action: love, compassion, fortitude, and courage. Read these poems then as meditations of hope for our collective future and evolution.

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Publié par	Mwanaka Media and Publishing
Date de parution	12 mai 2022
Nombre de lectures	0
EAN13	9781779272652
Langue	English
Poids de l'ouvrage	3 Mo

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A Matter of Inclusion

Chad Norman

AMatterofInclusion Chad Norman

A MATTER OF INCLUSION POEMS CHAD NORMAN Edited by Tendai R. Mwanaka

Mwanaka Media and Publishing Pvt Ltd, Chitungwiza Zimbabwe * Creativity, Wisdom and Beauty

Publisher:MmapMwanaka Media and Publishing Pvt Ltd 24 Svosve Road, Zengeza 1 Chitungwiza Zimbabwe mwanaka@yahoo.com mwanaka13@gmail.comhttps://www.mmapublishing.orgwww.africanbookscollective.com/publishers/mwanaka-media-and-publishinghttps://facebook.com/MwanakaMediaAndPublishing/Distributed in and outside N. America by African Books Collective orders@africanbookscollective.comwww.africanbookscollective.comISBN: 978-1-77921-334-1 EAN: 9781779213341 ©Chad Norman 2022 All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, mechanical or electronic, including photocopying and recording, or be stored in any information storage or retrieval system, without written permission from the publisher DISCLAIMER All views expressed in this publication are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the views ofMmap.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS The following poems have appeared in the following publications: We Let them Do it:Azahar Revista Poetica, #105 (Spain); Romerica, The Battered One, Life In Quarantine,Stanford University, California; The Typescript, Boston, MA;Further Observations Of A Furious Blend:Ablucionistas, MexicoandScotia Advocate; Nova A Matter Of Inclusion:Atunis Galaktika Poetike, Belgium; Ivy Magazine, Letras Del Mund, Mexico. Translated in Spanish;My Part, My Place:Chinese And Foreign Literature,!st Place in World Newspaper & TV Competition, China; Dreich Magazine, Scotland;There Is So Much Room:Trinity Review, Toronto, Canada;The People Are Waves:I Am Not A Silent Poet, Spain;The Broken Garden:Poesis International, Romania, translated into Romanian; Poet Of The Time Repblic, Africa; I Am Not A Silent Poet, Spain;The Precarious Admission:Spillwords, New York City;The Expanse Of Inclusion:Poesis International, Romania, translated into Romanian; Adwa-Almadena, Syria; Dovetales, Scotland;The Erosion Of Borders:Miletus, USA and Turkey; Ivy Magazine, Letras Del Mund, translated into Spanish;The Lighting Of A Candle:Poetry And Settled States For All Anthology, Poesis International, Romania, translated into Romanian; Poet Of The Time Republic, Africa;A Nationwide Plea, Or Request For Fewer Misled Borders:Ivy Magazine, Letras Del Mund, Mexico. Translated into Spanish;Ending With The Skin:Ivy Magazine, Letras Del Mund, Mexico. Translated into Spanish; Promotion of Chinese Literature And Foreign Literature, China; Queen's Quarterly, Canada;The Contamination Of Red:Ivy Magazine, Letras Del Mund, Mexico. Translated into Spanish; The Kist Of Thistles Anthology, Culture Matters, Ireland;Learning To Be An Older Man:Dreich Magazine, Scotland; Where The Path Is Melting:Poet Of The Time Republic, Africa; Adwa-Aladema, Syria; Second Name For Earth Is Peace anthology, Africa;A th Raven’s Sermon:Anniversary Edition, Phillipines;Live Encounters. 10 The Good In Us:Bangor Literay magazine, Bangor, Ireland;Depiction:

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Imspired, England; Nova Scotia Advocate;I Speak:Backstory, Australia;I Speak For:Backstory, Australia;I Speak Against:I Am Not A Silent Poet, Spain;The Rights Of One:Poesis International, Romania. Translated into Romanian. Black Lives Matter Anthology, Leicester, UK; The Smashed Cello:Poesis International, Romania. Translated into Romanian; The Elixir magazine, Yemen;The Proof Is In The Puppeteers:Armagan, Bosnia; Strands Literary Sphere, India;Bandaid On The Sidewalk:The Elixir Magazine, Yemen; I Am Not A Silent Poet, Spain;Declaration For The Banished:Poesis International, Romania. Translated into Romanian; I Am Not A Silent Poet, Spain;The Flagless Flagpole:Poet Of The Time Republic, Africa; Live Encounters, th 10 Anniversary Edition, Phillipines; Second Name For Earth Is Peace anthology, Africa;The Silence of Tiles:Truro Daily News, Nova Scotia, Canada;Watering The Flag:The Blue Nib, England;Messiah For The Misled:Nationalism Anthology, Africa vs North America Vol 2, Zimbabwe, Atunis, Belgium; Culture Matters, Ireland; Poesis International, Romania;Megaphones In A Parade:N. S. Advocate, Canada;Who I Move Beside:N. S. Advocate, Canada;The Arms of A Palestinian Woman:Ireland;Bangor Literary Magazine, The Important Mistakes: Azahar Revista Poetica, #107, Spain;Woman Sitting In A Chair Wearing A White Poppy:Blank Spaces Magazine, Canada; Revista Poetica Azahar, Spain;Cling:Armagan, Iran; Black Spaces.

OTHER BOOKS BY CHAD NORMANOn The Urban Prairie & Other Shorter Poems, 1986 And If A Man Be Divided, 1991 Lives Of The Year, 1994 Standing In The Corner, 1995 The Breath Of One, 1997 What The Wind Brings, 1999 These Are My Elders, 2001 The Kulling, 2001 The Soft Furnace, 2006 Going Mad For The Love Of Sanity, 2008 There Is Music In The Word Impeachment, 2009 Ants On The Rainbow: Poems To, For, And About Children, 2010 Hugging The Huge Father, 2011 Hugging The Huge Father, Expanded Version 2012 Masstown, 2013 Learning To Settle Down, 2015 Selected & New Poems, 2017 Squall: Poems In The Voice of Mary Shelley, 2020 Simona: A Celebration Of The S.P.C.A., 2021

Dedication for all my grandchildren, may the world they inherit be wiserthan mine, more understanding and loving of the people these poems honour.

TABLE OF CONTENTS Introduction…………………………………………………….ixWe Let Them Do It……………………………………………...1 Romerica, The Battered One……………………………………..3 Further Observations Of A Furious Blend……………………….7 A Matter Of Inclusion…………………………………………..10 My Part, My Place……………………………………………….12 There Is So Much Room………………………………………..13 The People Are Waves………………………………………….14 The Broken Garden…………………………………………….16 The Precarious Admission………………………………………18 The Expanse of Inclusion……………………………………….20 The Erosion Of Borders………………………………………...22 The Lighting Of A Candle………………………………………23 A Nationwide Plea, Or Request For Fewer Misled Borders……..25 Ending With The Skin…………………………………………..26 The Contamination Of Red…………………………………….28 Learning To Be An Older Man…………………………………30 Where The Path Is Melting……………………………………..32 A Raven’s Sermon………………………………………………34 The Good In Us………………………………………………...38 Depiction……………………………………………………….40 I Speak………………………………………………………….43 I Speak For You………………………………………………...45 I Speak Against You…………………………………………….46 The Rights Of One……………………………………………...48 The Smashed Cello……………………………………………...50 The Proof Is In The Puppeteers………………………………...52 Bandaid On the Sidewalk………………………………………..56 Declaration For The Banished…………………………………..59 The Flagless Flagpole…………………………………………...60 The Silence Of Tiles…………………………………………….62 Watering The Flag………………………………………………64

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Messiah For The Misled………………………………………...65 Megaphones In A Parade……………………………………….67 Who I Move Beside……………………………………………..69 The Arms of A Palestinian Woman……………………………..71 The Important Mistakes………………………………………...73 A Choice Of Shirts……………………………………………...75 Mmap New African Poets Series………………………………...88

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INTRODUCTION have been writing and publishing poetry for 40 years, haveIhadthe privilege of witnessing the changing face, and during which time I have lived in various places in Canada, including on both west and east coasts. During this time, I faces, of Canada. I have had the opportunity to work, often in warehouses and factories, with Canadians with roots all over the world, including Indigenous Canadians, new immigrants, and those whose parents or grandparents chose to make Canada their home. I currently live in Truro, Nova Scotia, which continues to grow, enriched by the businesses and cultures and cuisines introduced by new arrivals every day. (For nine years I have hosted the annual RiverWords Poetry and Music Festival which showcases artists from a variety of cultural backgrounds.) My poetry has always delved into those places where the personal and public intersect. At this stage in my career, I could not take myself seriously as a writer if I were not exploring and celebrating the changes I see in my community. The goal of this current project is to educate myself: I want to understand what it is like to find one’s home in Canada, whether it is for economic or political reasons, or having to flee violence. I want to come as close to understanding as possible, and as a white man who has lived in Canada his whole life, I can only do that by asking questions, and by connecting my personal experience with that of others. This is what my poems are about. For example, in thepoem “Cling,” which was recently published in Armagan Magazine in Tehran, Iran, I observed one last leaf clinging to a tree at the same moment I encountered a young immigrant mother in my community Truro. I took the risk of asking her about her experience, and had an amazing