Two nights of unique virtual performances, presented by The Story Shepherds: Harper Hendrickson, Lana Phillips, Elizabeth Meade and Laura Hope-Gill. Based on the anthology The Ending Hasn't Happened Yet, edited by Hannah Soyer and published by Sable Books.
Director's Statement:
"Being and becoming Disabled fills a life as much as it creates challenges. This theatrical production, using as texts poems from the anthology The Ending Hasn't Happened Yet, edited by Hannah Soyer, presents the stories of being in a body that walks by or doesn't speak clearly, unaware of its own precarious normalcy. When we speak of our bodies, we speak of all aspects of life that they hold. These glimpses of life with disability reveal passion, love, grief, joy, beauty and humor through an unfiltered lens. We are disabled. Our entire lives are a creative process. Every body has a story."
—Laura Hope-Gill, deaf
Afflicted
as if I were
this ash-filled burl,
black veins
of decay winding through
my body like a river
hares boxing
in the flush of dawn . . .
it seems
impossible to defeat
an opponent I can't see
a raven
believed it could fly
through me
unaware that I am glass,
pretending to be sky
I have learned
how to keep silent . . .
these pebbles
under my tongue
seasoned with rue
Publication Credits
1st verse: Commended Tanka, Mandy's Pages, The Burning Issue 2020 Tanka Contest
2nd verse: Red Lights 15.2, June 2019
3rd verse: 3rd Place, 2020 San Francisco Int'l Competition for Haiku, Senryu and Tanka
4th verse: Cattails, April 2021
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