The Body of a Poet. A tribute to Audre Lorde, warrior poet, 1934-1992 - ACE406.3

Woman preparing washing tub and doing laundry, watched by little girl. "My mother brought me up by hand…" Little girl at school, asked by teacher to identify the states her parents come from. "And on that hard smug map of America my teacher expected me to find the idyllic island whose named glistened like honey on my mother’s lips…" Poem continues over woman dancing in imitation of Josephine Baker. Poet. Bus ride; radio announcer and song over. White men outside the bus bang on the windows and throw stones. Poet. "From childhood I have learned to identify the people who want to erase us from their horizon…" Poem continues over scenes of black and white women making love. "Josephine Baker" and "All directions sound…" Women kissing. Poet. Diner. Her name is Yvette… Poet watching waitress. City at night. "My love of women has been a crystal through which every aspect of my life has been refracted." Poet in lesbian club. Two women discuss her appearance. She dances with another woman and they kiss. The two women in bed. One drizzles honey over the other and licks it off. Women with jars of honey. "The smell of her breath after love, an army of lovers, the sum of her hands…"