Seren Books posted: " This week's Friday Poem is '[ search ]' by Sammy Weaver from her pamphlet Angola, America which won this year's Mslexia Poetry Pamphlet Prize. Angola, America, winner of the Mslexia Poetry Pamphlet Prize 2021, takes its name from a prison in Louis" Seren Books Blog
This week's Friday Poem is '[ search ]' by Sammy Weaver from her pamphlet Angola, America which won this year's Mslexia Poetry Pamphlet Prize.
Angola, America, winner of the Mslexia Poetry Pamphlet Prize 2021, takes its name from a prison in Louisiana in the southern United Sates. In these strikingly original, thoroughly contemporary, and deeply moving poems, we are immersed in the world the inmates must endure. From the first poem, when we witness a home-made tattoo and understand that this scarring and incision is a "map in the connective tissue of pain and loss", we are drawn into this world in a way that is carefully observed and beautifully empathetic.
![[ search ] In the beginning the guard's gloved hands pat you down, searching for weapons, his touch is weaponized, the muted duty of his movements smooth along each of your arms. Soon the guard's touch is the only touch from another and you think of your mother after bath time, the harbour of her chest against yours, the rough-love of her towelling you dry, reaching into all the nooks and crannies, no cabbages behind the ears she says. And yes, I guess searching the body is another way of saying the body is a trove of treasure and your touch a torch.](https://public-api.wordpress.com/bar/?stat=groovemails-events&bin=wpcom_email_click&redirect_to=https%3A%2F%2Fserenbooks.files.wordpress.com%2F2022%2F09%2Fsearch-sammy-weaver.png&sr=1&signature=bcecbdd6628d2c5174d4d5fcec000fdb&user=207609926&_e=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&_z=z)
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