Lorde's Love Poems

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“Is it lust, is it love, or is it both?” After reading Lorde’s series of love poems detailing her fantasies to immerse herself in the liking of another woman, I could not help but try to differentiate whether or not it was love, lust, or both that she was describing in these poems. Surely not the woman who suggested we take intercourse as a spiritual event where the energies of two (or more) mix. For Lorde to solely lust after another person without having a deep emotional connection to them nearly contradicts all that she has advocated for. It’s no surprise that these poems were specifically talking about Lorde’s desires to be intimate with no one; however, the way it is constructed, it felt much more than just her flesh taking over her mindset. To me, I felt as if these poems conveyed the mixing of both lust and love and how powerful this union of the two create a great passion. …show more content…
In this work, Lorde’s literary skills are so much more exemplified. Her ability to articulate all of her emotions, personify the intangible, the use of similes to describe the present, all of these factors work so well together that it’s almost as if I am reliving the event through the eyes of Lorde. Never before have I seen Lorde in this light. To me, this escape from constantly defining queer theory is a form of self-care; and even that is a political act. It is no doubt the woman Lorde describes in all of her poems is clearly black. This act of vocalizing what black queer love is like is so groundbreaking and intimate that it is inherently political. All for the simple fact it breaks down negative stereotypes that we have not the ability to love
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