Carletta Carrington Wilson © 2000 Carletta Carrington Wilson

in this Word whose black skin glows phonetic an imagined surface separates into silent bones of prose excerpt from "book of flesh" © 1998 Carletta Carrington Wilson Carletta Carrington Wilson PO Box 28483 Seattle, WA 98118-1843 I believe that human beings are among the most mysterious of creatures to walk the face of this earth. From conception to death, each individual is inextricably tied to a container that must, in essence, see the person through a journey wrought with danger, delight and destiny. Our relationship towards our flesh and the flesh of others seems to have no parallel in nature. As a writer among writers who engage in the study of the self and the other, I am trying, in some small way, to explore this book, these books of flesh. At the same time, I pay homage to that "house of hearts" the book. For where else can hearts beat again except upon those still beds, where else can the dead breath again but in this house whose walls are thick with the memorabilia of our unforgotten days. © 2000 Carletta Carrington Wilson Recent Publications: Seattle Poets and Photographers: A Millenium Reflection The Seattle Review Upcoming Readings: April 28, 2000 - 7:30 PM After a Long Silence North Seattle Community College Rose Room May 7, 2000 - 7 PM Seattle Poetry Festival Opening, with others, for Gwendolyn Brooks May 25, 2000 - 7 pm Jack Straw Writers Program Reading Jack Straw Studios 4261 Roosevelt Way NE 634-0919