Oshun Rising
Curated by Dr. Joanne V. Gabbin, Founder and Former Executive Director, Furious Flower Poetry Center
The spirit of Oshun, the Orisha of love, rises from the rivers of the world. In a glint of yellow light, it reminds us of the power of love to produce life and defy death and erasure. The creators of the word, our poets, have touched their lips to the sacred waters and stirred the enduring spirit of Oshun into verse. It can be as gentle as the love that we have for a book that shares its intimacy with only us or as wild as raging passions that animate our entire being. Love is about coming to know our beauty and our vulnerability. Like the salt in the desert awaited its release from the slow receding oceans, love is a chronicle of how we must wait.
Furious Flower Poetry Center
