March 17, 2023
Afrofutures Haiku in Multiverse: I-Harriet
I see Harriet
Pulling pinned souls out from clay
Scraping matted eyes
I hear Harriet
Golden Black steadfast resolve
Etching Promise Paths
I feel Harriet
She echoes through weary souls
Keep moving or die
I move Harriet
From grave to sky to guide us
Star settled in skin
I am Harriet
Bathed in black light prophecy
Cloaked in new mission
I-Harriet cries
Insistent cadence rings clear
Come into the woods
I-Harriet lives
Keep eyes stayed on lands of hope
Old wisdom pours free
Born from mother star
She invites our children, those
looking for her star
They find her gazing
She imparts ancient wisdom
that fires the sky
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by Regina YC Garcia
Regina YC Garcia is North Carolina poet and English professor from Greenville, NC. Her published/upcoming work appears in the South Florida Poetry Journal AutoEthnographer, The Amistad, Main Street Rag, Up the Staircase Quarterly and others. Her work has also been featured in an Emmy-Award winning episode of Muse, featuring the "Black Light Project," as well as in the 2022 Sacred 9 Project of Tulane University. Her book, The Firetalker’s Daughter from Finishing Line Press is due for release in March 2023.