Parker's poem "What Beyoncé Won't Say on a Shrink's Couch" When writing, the California native says she thinks about certain lines as punches. Witty and attentive, she is not at all interested in sports, despite her parents' best efforts, but she does use her genetic predisposition to boxing in her work as a poet. One Halloween as a child, she dressed up as a boxer to commemorate him, with red and white leather boxing gloves hanging around her neck, her cheery eyes competing with her sly grin. Like her late grandfather, Parker is gregarious and focused, and she has hands ready to write. Thomas Parker idolized boxing legend Muhammad Ali, who was loquacious in the ring and a poet outside of it, giving reporters lines like, "float like a butterfly, sting like a bee - his hands can't hit what his eyes can't see." "I feel like you need that kind of personality to be a boxer." "My grandfather was super gregarious and performative," poet Morgan Parker says, remembering him. In an old newspaper clipping, a photo of boxer Thomas Parker overshadows the text, his tough eyes focused, oval head tilted down and fists ready. You have reached a degraded version of because you're using an unsupported version of Internet Explorer.įor a complete experience, please upgrade or use a supported browserīeyoncé inspired Morgan Parker's book title, while boxing influenced her writing
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