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of Yorkshire puddings, butter better Woe to the man whose heart has not learned while young to hope, to love - and to put its trust in life. more than anyone. Elizabeth Alexander was born in 1962 in Harlem, New York, and grew up in Washington, D.C. She currently serves as a Chancellor of the Academy of American Poets. Elizabeth Alexander was born in Harlem, New York, but grew up in Washington, DC, the daughter of former United States Secretary of the Army and Equal Employment Opportunity Commission chairman, Clifford Alexander Jr. She holds degrees from Yale, Boston University, and the University of Pennsylvania,... cream spun around into butter! butter melted and curdy to pour Butter poem by Elizabeth Alexander. When I picture historical revision, despite of hominy grits, butter softening Thanksgiving poems for family and friends. I have found their dried husks in my clothes. our parent's efforts, glowing from the inside She pulls chunks off the stick and eats it plain, explaining cream spun around into butter! butter melting in small pools in the hearts She is silent, light as an empty hive, and she is breathing. Two years later there is no other way to say, we are waiting. chase his tail and turn to butter. We are Growing upwe ate turkey cutlets sauteed in lemonand butter, butter and cheese on green noodles,butter melting in small pools in the heartsof Yorkshire puddings, butter betterthan gravy staining white rice yellow,butter glazing corn in slipping squares,butter the lava in white volcanoesof hominy grits, butter softeningin a white bowl to be creamed with whitesugar, butter disappearing intowhipped potatoes, with pineapple,butter melted and curdy to pourover pancakes, butter licked off the platewith warm Alaga syrup. She pulls chunks offthe stick and eats it plain, explainingcream spun around into butter! in a white bowl to be creamed with white sugar, butter disappearing into My mother loves butter more than I do, more than anyone. out, one hundred megawatts of butter. Butter by Elizabeth Alexander. with my brother, having watched the tiger She pulls chunks off and butter, butter and cheese on green noodles, butter melting in small pools in the hearts of Yorkshire puddings, butter better than gravy staining white rice yellow, butter glazing corn in slipping squares, butter the lava in white volcanoes of hominy grits, butter softening in a white bowl to be creamed with white sugar, butter disappearing into We areMumbo and Jumbo’s children despitehistorical revision, despiteour parent’s efforts, glowing from the insideout, one hundred megawatts of butter. © Academy of American Poets, 75 Maiden Lane, Suite 901, New York, NY 10038. Then she stood up, walked outside, and lay down in the snow. butter the lava in white volcanoes and butter, butter and cheese on green noodles, butter melting in small pools in the hearts, over pancakes, butter licked off the plate, with my brother, having watched the tiger, chase his tail and turn to butter. She pulls chunks offthe stick and eats it plain explaining. They fly fast and in cramped loop-de-loops, dive-bomb clusters of conversants in the bright, late-September out-of-doors. over pancakes, butter licked off the plate Copyright © 2008 - 2020 . We are, our parent’s efforts, glowing from the inside. butter glazing corn in slipping squares, Feast on this smorgasbord of poems about eating and cooking, exploring our relationships with food. a nurse across the face. and butter, butter and cheese on green noodles, with warm Alaga syrup. They are dervishes because they are dying, one last sting, a warm place to squeeze a drop of venom or of honey. cream spun around into butter! All Rights Reserved. the good old days I am grinning greasy Used with the permission of Graywolf Press. Growing up whipped sweet potatoes, with pineapple, we ate turkey cutlets sauteed in lemon When I picturethe good old days I am grinning greasywith my brother, having watched the tigerchase his tail and turn to butter. Register now and publish your best poems or read and bookmark your favorite popular famous poems. Elizabeth Alexander was born in Harlem, New York, but grew up in Washington, DC, the daughter of former United States Secretary of the Army and Equal Employment Opportunity Commission chairman, Clifford Alexander Jr. She holds degrees from Yale, Boston University, and the University of … Mumbo and Jumbo's children despite Page Growing up. Elizabeth Alexander was born in 1962 in Harlem, New York, and grew up in Washington, D.C. She currently serves as a Chancellor of the Academy of American Poets. My mother loves butter more than I domore than anyone. After the stroke we thought would be her last my grandmother came back, reared back and slapped. This theme is supported by the symbolism of butter (which represents family times and closeness) and the attitude of the speaker throughout the poem (reminiscent). Butter by Elizabeth Alexander This title contributes to the poem because it helps the reader understand and help figure out the symbolism used throughout the poem. the stick and eats it plain, explaining From Crave Radiance: New and Selected Poems 1990–2010 (Graywolf Press, 2010) Copyright © 2017 by Elizabeth Alexander. Now is the time of year when bees are wild and eccentric. My mother loves butter more than I do, than gravy staining white rice yellow, My mother loves butter more than I do,more than anyone.

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