Video: “the stone of me” by Gail Langstroth

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the stone of me

you lay your arm around me

I feel its weight

we sleep

I wake

to find your arm

but not weight

does sleep erase weight

help us float

water lifting in dream—if

this is what it means

to be your lover

I agree

weightless your arm holds

the stone of me

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mi piedra

colocas tu brazo alrededor de mí

siento su peso

dormimos

me despierto

encuentro tu brazo pero

no su peso

descanso borra el peso

ayuda a flotar

el agua se eleva en sueños—si

esto denota

ser tu amante

estoy de acuerdo

sin peso tu brazo abraza

la piedra mía

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Video running time: 2:27

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Gail Langstroth’s poem “the stone of me” was awarded the Patricia Dobler Poetry Prize, 2011.

Poem, voice, collage by Gail Langstroth

Video by Nina Young

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