{"id":1551,"date":"2007-07-11T22:00:05","date_gmt":"2007-07-11T22:00:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/multiracial.com\/wp\/index.php\/2007\/07\/11\/mixed-poetry\/"},"modified":"2021-10-21T15:15:09","modified_gmt":"2021-10-21T15:15:09","slug":"mixed-poetry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/multiracial.com\/index.php\/2007\/07\/11\/mixed-poetry\/","title":{"rendered":"Mixed Poetry"},"content":{"rendered":"

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My name is Jennifer Lisa Vest. I am a mixed race poet, originally from Chicago. I have been writing, performing, and publishing poetry about the mixed race experience for many years. I have formed artists collectives and put on shows full of mixed race\/hapa\/mestiza artists of all mixtures performing work about being mixed race. I have recorded 3 CDs and a few videos on Youtube. Please visit my website, mxdmessages.com<\/a> to listen to my audio clips. My poetry can also be seen  performed live on Youtube.com. http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/mxdpoet.  I have a blog on blogger.com\/mxdpoet<\/a> <\/span><\/div>\n

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Some Good Done<\/span><\/p>\n

 Jennifer Lisa Vest<\/p>\n

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Biologically I am<\/p>\n

A mixture More and less<\/p>\n

Complicated than I claim to be<\/p>\n

Culturally<\/p>\n

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My mother my father they<\/p>\n

Have their own identities<\/p>\n

My phenotype is another story<\/p>\n

Entirely<\/p>\n

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Where I grew up and how<\/p>\n

Who my ancestors were<\/p>\n

And why they died<\/p>\n

All conspire to define me<\/p>\n

In ways that are beyond even me.<\/p>\n

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Ambiguity is my home<\/p>\n

Either\/or does not apply<\/p>\n

And my existence defies<\/p>\n

So many names and claims<\/p>\n

Of place<\/p>\n

It would be a lie to check a race<\/p>\n

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All I know for certain<\/p>\n

Is that it matters<\/p>\n

That my existence<\/p>\n

Confounds you<\/p>\n

That your inability to classify me<\/p>\n

Bewilders you<\/p>\n

And there is some good done<\/p>\n

Each time I cause confusion<\/p>\n

There is some good done<\/p>\n

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