{"id":2204,"date":"2014-06-23T00:00:21","date_gmt":"2014-06-23T00:00:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/narrativenortheast.com\/?p=2204"},"modified":"2014-06-23T20:20:43","modified_gmt":"2014-06-23T20:20:43","slug":"what-the-womb-isnt-jessica-lopez","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/narrativenortheast.com\/?p=2204","title":{"rendered":"WHAT THE WOMB ISN’T — Jessica Lopez"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0“Feminism is a socialist, anti-family, political movement that encourages women to leave their husbands, kill their children, practice witchcraft, destroy capitalism and become lesbians.”<\/em><\/p>\n

-Pat Robertson, political sphincter<\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/strong>the womb isn\u2019t your cemetery<\/p>\n

your fire escape, your sticks<\/p>\n

and stones diatribe<\/p>\n

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it isn\u2019t empty swan song or slick-shoed pole dance<\/p>\n

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it isn\u2019t without fire, without magnanimous<\/p>\n

thunder roar nor the strength of eggshell around embryo<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

it is all things physics<\/p>\n

it is all things holy and unholy<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

the womb<\/p>\n

the belly<\/p>\n

the mound<\/p>\n

the convex and concave<\/p>\n

the body song<\/p>\n

the abortion<\/p>\n

the birth<\/p>\n

the afterbirth<\/p>\n

murmur congealed<\/p>\n

purple and pulsating placenta<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

the womb isn\u2019t your political bastard<\/p>\n

your 5 o\u2019 clock news<\/p>\n

top story whore<\/p>\n

ballot stuffer<\/p>\n

wedge issue appetizer plate<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

the womb isn\u2019t<\/p>\n

the womb isn\u2019t<\/p>\n

the womb isn\u2019t<\/p>\n

a third-rate quote<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

it is fire-spark<\/p>\n

it is Corn Goddess<\/p>\n

Tonatzin<\/em>, eater<\/p>\n

of the good filth<\/p>\n

and maker of man<\/p>\n

and woman<\/p>\n

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the water-rush of menses<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

it is the last blood kernel<\/p>\n

protected by the husk<\/p>\n

 
\n <\/p>\n

\"NN,<\/p>\n

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The first Chicana poet to be elected as the Albuquerque City Poet Laureate, Jessica Helen Lopez will hold this tenure from 2014-2016. Recently listed as 30 Poets in their 30\u2019s by MUZZLE magazine, Lopez is a nationally recognized award-winning slam poet, and holds the title of 2012 and 2014 Women of the World (WOW) City of ABQ Champion. She\u2019s also a member of the Macondo Foundation. Founded by Sandra Cisneros, it is an association of socially engaged writers united to advance creativity, foster generosity, and honor community. Her first collection of poetry, Always Messing With Them Boys (West End Press, 2011) made the Southwest Book of the Year reading list and was also awarded the Zia Book Award presented by NM Women Press. Her recent chapbook, Cunt.Bomb. is published by Swimming With Elephants Publication. She is the founder of La Palabra \u2013 The Word is a Woman collective created for and by women and gender-identified women. Lopez is a Ted Talk speaker alumni and her talk is entitled, Spoken Word Poetry that Tells HERstory. You may find some of Lopez\u2019s work at these sites \u2013LaPalabra.abqnorthwest.com, thebakerypoetry.com, and asusjournal.org. Her work has been anthologized in A Bigger Boat: The Unlikely Success of the Albuquerque Slam Scene (UNM Press), Earth Ships: A New Mecca Poetry Collection (NM Book Award Finalist), Tandem Lit Slam (San Francisco), Adobe Walls, Malpais Review, SLAB Literary Magazine and the upcoming Courage Anthology: Daring Poems for Gutsy Girls (Write Bloody Press).<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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