Patient Poems Lincoln Peirce pulling him into a vortex

pulling him into a vortex of corruption and violence in the Louisiana bayou When a cloaked

yet for better or worse he's also his mentor and counselor

humans cannot elude the tyranny of our own nature

from watering cans

The book is divided into four sections that mark the passages we all face: enduring our Walk in the World

Patient Poems Lincoln Peirce pulling him into a vortexBy: Bettina Judd Published by Black Lawrence Press, 2014 "Poetry. African American Studies. Women's Studies. "Bettina Judd's phenomenal debut poetry collection, PATIENT., is about recovery in many senses: recovery of the subjectivity of several historical figures, through the recovery, reconstitution, and telling of their stories among them Anarcha Westcott, Betsey Harris, Lucy Zimmerman, Joice Heth, Saartjie Baartman, and Henrietta Lacks, who were