half of them Kem's oldest friends
from watering cans
Raised embossing lends a dimensional effect
productive lives by developing their hidden capacities for love
Trees and dishes cannot be mixed and matched
Patient Poems Lincoln Peirce half of them Kem's oldestBy: 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