Midnight Ode To My Hair Poem by Nika McGuin

I love the image THE MYSTERIOUS COOL GAZE OF MY SHADOW. The shadow suggests so many poetic possibilities, that of a second self, the human soul, the dark impulses we all carry, etc. But I've never encountered the shadow as a judge of who we are, and not a sympathetic judge either! I found and read this poem after reading AFRO HAIR 101. The poems complement each other, although AFRO HAIR 101 has a wider range of meaning. This one is a sharply observed moment in everyday life, you as everywoman. But AFRO HAIR 101 addresses WITH ADMIRABLE COMMITMENT self-worth and cultural identity. Both poems are necessary to express the wholeness of being, and I appreciate their perceptiveness.

i can hardly picture you waking up with gray, two-dimensional hair. but it's fun trying to imagine it. very interesting and well-written. i didn't miss rhyming and hardly missed punctuation. thanks for sharing. get your beauty rest, by all means. bri :)