{"id":3861,"date":"2023-07-17T01:02:42","date_gmt":"2023-07-17T01:02:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/writers-house-review\/?page_id=3861"},"modified":"2023-11-26T20:57:12","modified_gmt":"2023-11-26T20:57:12","slug":"duet-poem","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/writers-house-review\/vol-4-winter-2023-2024\/duet-poem\/","title":{"rendered":"Duet Poem"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Jocelynn Hunter Dow<\/em><\/h4>\n

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come on and sing with me\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

let us rejoice with our lungs\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

becoming one\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

come on and sing with me\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

with the whistling birds\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

and the whirring bees,\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

the warm breath of the sun\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

is shouting \u201cit\u2019s spring! it’s spring!\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

come on and sing with me\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

make your song touch the exosphere\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u2018til it turns the bright sky to the darkest blue\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u2018til it turns an anthem into a lullaby\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

come on and sing with me\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

please\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

please\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

please don\u2019t cry\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

instead, have your throat become your eyes\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

to revere the rhythm of the soul\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

reverberating within the ribs and the skull\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

as it seeps into the spine\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

come on and sing with me\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

we ain\u2019t gotta be good<\/span><\/p>\n

we ain\u2019t gotta be happy\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

we ain\u2019t gotta be a happy song<\/span><\/p>\n

just sing with me<\/span><\/p>\n

c\u2019mon<\/span><\/p>\n

let\u2019s sing together<\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

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Jocelynn Hunter Dow<\/strong> is in junior in Mason Gross School of the Arts, as well as the Honors College and Douglass programs. Hailing from Monmouth County, New Jersey, Jocelynn is majoring in Visual Arts with dual minors in Creative Writing and Africana Studies. <\/span>Using a<\/span>rt as her limn of expression, <\/span>Jocelynn\u2019s work focuses on the themes of identity and femininity; and communicates the beauty, power, and boldness of Blackness. <\/span>She wants her creations to inspire others and ignite change, bring communities together, and give an expressive voice to the unheard. <\/span>Growing up, Jocelynn did not often see herself reflected in the images she saw on the screen or in the stories she read. For this reason, her creations primarily focus on positively representing the Black female form.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Jocelynn <\/span>wrote this poem in a creative writing class taught by Professor Joanna Fuhrman. Fuhrman selected the piece for inclusion in <\/span>WHR<\/span><\/i>.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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