Best Chantal Poems

Mission of the Yellow Songbird

A long highway road stretched its legs before me,
In a place where tumble weeds were conceived,
December evening chasing daylight back to...

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This won't be a pretty picture, but I'm going to use this paper to put my art on
I'm not heartless, let me show you where...

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Late to the party we arrived at seven
At least we showed up before eleven
Sweet Ginette, joined us both at the door
A bottle in my hand...

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post an atom.
we need one.

subversions
differentiations
of Chantal Akerman reading the Ladies Almanac.
grandpa was jewish,
maybe this summer i'll go to Israel
 and visit the mother of all...

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Baby Chantal,
giving her a lady poison 
by her name...
Dad gets glimpse
of high heels running
out of his future

He sees her at twenty
in his mind with verbose...

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i become a stone,
   still a leader,
but translation
transforms me,
   as i learn
      “le crayon est rouge.”

“Je...

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I got told I'd be dead by 21 so it's a surprise I've survived this long
My pain gave me an Ice Heart like I'm a...

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I loved you more than I have anyone
But I was unable to express love at the time so my feelings couldn't be known
I thought I...

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There's a lot of pain inside of me that I think should be known
I've held my tongue, tried to do right by others my whole...

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Can you forgive me for my honesty?
I speak about my pain but try to do it comically
I don't need you to crown me or honour...

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Let me say all of this before it's too late
I know I said i wouldn't write about you on another page
But I have more to...

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There isn't a place that I hide
I'm trapped inside a maze, let me write
incase I don't make it out alive
Because I feel the storm coming
I'm...

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Don't let me die without writing this first
I'm fighting the hurt
Bleeding with ink, crying with words
Let me write this before I'm lying in dirt
Don't take...

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Do Tell the therapist I'll get there in my own time
I'm just not ready to let you examine my mind
For so long I hid behind...

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Let me pour myself a brandy while I change the song on the CD
I look into the Mirror and wonder who would want to be...

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