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# Photo Finish: “Language Unites Us”
- URL: https://bklyner.com/photo-finish-language-unites-us-fortgreene/
- Published: 2015-05-12T00:30:39.000Z
- Updated: 2015-07-30T16:37:12.000Z
- Author: Michael Randazzo
- Tags: Em Brownlowe, #API-Imported

![Photos by Michael Randazzo.](/content/images/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/em-brownlowe-poem-collage-2-702x468.jpg)

Photos by Michael Randazzo.

Seen at the Brooklyn Flea in Fort Greene.

“Em Brownlowe is traveling across the country from Portland, Oregon and he sets up a stand to create spontaneous poems for those who want them – $5 a pop.”

> Language unites us  
> this is why I am drawn  
> to writing for pedestrians.  
> Everyone has a story  
> Everyone a muse.

> Today I connected with the full spectrum  
> of love

> I wrote for a man  
> who was newly in love with  
> another man  
> whom he called his “special friend.”  
> I hope one day he is able  
> to shout out and express his love freely  
> in a world where no affection is  
> cast off in appreciation.

> I wrote for a woman  
> who has lost love  
> her husband rendered  
> unrecognizable  
> by drugs and ruin.  
> I, too, have been both victim and villain  
> in such affairs  
> and assured her in time  
> life will be resurrected  
> from the bottom up.

> I wrote for a couple  
> shining bright in elation  
> for they are newly engaged  
> and excited for their future together.

> This is why I write  
> Proving that language and poetry are not dead  
> and has the power to bring back  
> compassion in daily interactions  
> where we are no longer strangers  
> biting our tongues.

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