Garden

Abstract

“Garden” is a poem centered on the concept of the black body as a source of sustenance for others, where the fruits of the body’s labors are given to those who bene t from its work. This poem compares the extraction of labor from these bodies to the reaping of owers and food from stolen earth. Nations were created by these individuals whose stories have become packaged as one narrative. Without access to these stories, they are being lost to the winds of time. This poem speaks of the feelings of those who were or are oppressed, feelings that many young people may experience, yet be unable to express.