A Litany for Survival by Audre Lorde - Poem for the Eighteenth Sunday after Pentecost, Year C
The Englewood Review of Books curates a weekly series of classic and contemporary poems that resonate with the themes of the lectionary readings. Here is one of the poems for this coming Sunday (More poems for the Eighteenth Sunday after Pentecost, Year C can be found here)
This poem was selected to accompany one of the
lectionary readings for the coming week, 2 Timothy 2:8-15
A Litany for Survival
Audre Lorde
SNIPPET:
For those of us who live at the shoreline
standing upon the constant edges of decision
crucial and alone
…
Audre Lorde (1934-1992) was an African-American writer, womanist, radical feminist, professor, and civil rights activist. She was a self-described "black, lesbian, mother, warrior, poet," who "dedicated both her life and her creative talent to confronting and addressing injustices of racism, sexism, classism, and homophobia.” (via Wikipedia).