NANCY LYNÉE WOO

Language of Light

an erasure poem on Merriam Webster dictionary

shaped like a tongue

a languid wave

      the girl, (to distinguish it)

Long

   Long,     limp

      lean

     female

used

See

                                    obtained

and small

An often

      protecting   light

light

          light

        light

             once thought to

be luminescent

      teeth

Nancy Lynée Woo is a poet, educator, and community organizer. As a 2022 Artists at Work fellow, she brings arts programming to community gardens. Previously, she has received fellowships from PEN America, the Arts Council for Long Beach, and Idyllwild Writers Week. Nancy has an MFA in poetry from Antioch University and a BA in sociology from UC Santa Cruz and. Find her cavorting around Long Beach, California, and online at nancylyneewoo.com or @fancifulnance on social.