https://archive.engl.sites.carleton.edu/files/original/ca2168303736c37711ff52f58302288c.jpg 8ad93bed27e3d613dc9694a846b89a69 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2024:06:20 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource © 2025 Poetry Foundation Relation A related resource <a href="https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poetrymagazine/poems/162842/i-carry-a-world-inside-me" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poetrymagazine/poems/162842/i-carry-a-world-inside-me</a> Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Text Any textual data included in the document I Carry a Wor{l}d Inside Me By Felicia Zamora Where wor{l}d & the tangible object of that wor{l}d collide. My brain thinks traces & again, Singh’s words at the back of my throat, The unconscious is the most evasive archive of all, yet is pulsing right there inside you. How the brain talks through & within epithelial barriers. Porous borders. How the brain chatters. Yet in the world of synapses, even the brain may not know-know. Language an archive. Flesh an archive. A felt presence. When what you feel supersedes the imaging. The mammogram cleared. & so. & so. What we keep hungry in the dark. What keeps. How much depends on a cell. Cell. I carry a wor{l}d inside me. What wraps tightly amongst the organs. Cells that do not mature, forgo the process of differentiation to reproduce, reproduce, reproduce. A silent stalking. I carry a wor{l}d inside me. A wor{l}d unimpressed with naming, with its own name. & this name; this name. I speak this wor{l}d so often, my tongue tastes of dandelion sap. Let me say tissues. Four types of tissues reside in the human body: connective, epithelial, muscle, & nervous. Connective tissues bind & support by holding together blood, bone & lymphatic tissues. How the epithelial covers—the skin & the linings of various passages become noticeable, heightened. Tender {e}motions, veins, muscles of me. To deconstruct. Inside the wor{l}d lives other wor{l}ds. Clever brain, always making games. To deconstruct tissues: tis-tis, uses, us, sits, is, sues, issues. Ah, there, issues. Issues. Issues. Deeper still: revolt, sickening, gorge-gorge, invasive. Deeper still: relinquish, nipple-tugged-down, ten-centimeter incision, harvest, ghost of a breast, neuropathy, echoing empty lymph nodes space, carcinoma. Deeper still, until gutturals, until no archive left to h{a}unt. Image of an ultrasound Notes: This poem contains a quote from Julietta Singh’s “The Ghost Archive,” from No Archive Will Restore You (punctum books, 2018). Original Format The type of object, such as painting, sculpture, paper, photo, and additional data Poem. Original formatting can be seen on <a href="https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poetrymagazine/poems/162842/i-carry-a-world-inside-me" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">the Poetry Foundation website</a>. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource "I Carry a Wor{l}d Inside Me" by Felicia Zamora Subject The topic of the resource Poetry, Felicia Zamora, Breast Cancer Description An account of the resource Poem by Felicia Zamora that addresses topics of the body and its systems, language, and the archive. Includes an image of a mammogram as part of the poem. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Zamora, Felicia Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived <a href="https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poetrymagazine/issue/162772/july-august-2024" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Poetry (July/August 2024)</a> Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Poetry Foundation Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource July 2024 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource © 2025 Poetry Foundation Relation A related resource <a href="https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poetrymagazine/poems/162842/i-carry-a-world-inside-me#tab-author" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poetrymagazine/poems/162842/i-carry-a-world-inside-me#tab-author</a> 2010s 21st Century Archives Breast Cancer Cancer Felicia Zamora Human Body Human Brain Language Literature Mammograms Poetry Women Poets