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Jun 10
Amplify Black Poets, Day 8
The Tradition by Jericho Brown Aster. Nasturtium. Delphinium. We thoughtFingers in dirt meant it was our dirt, learningNames in heat, in elements classicalPhilosophers said could change us. Star Gazer. Foxglove. Summer seemed to bloom against the willOf the sun, which news reports claimed flamed hotterOn this planet than when our dead fathersWiped sweat from their …
Jun 10
Amplify Black Poets, Day 7
a song in the front yard by Gwendolyn Brooks I’ve stayed in the front yard all my life. I want a peek at the back Where it’s rough and untended and hungry weed grows. A girl gets sick of a rose. I want to go in the back yard now And maybe down the alley, …
Jun 08
Amplify Black Poets, Day 6
ode to my blackness by Evie Shockley you are my shelter from the storm and the storm my anchor and the troubled sea * * * nights casts you warm and glittering upon my shoulders some would say you give off no heat some folks can’t see beyond the closest star * * * you …
Jun 07
Amplify Black Poets, Day 5
I, Too By LANGSTON HUGHES I, too, sing America. I am the darker brother. They send me to eat in the kitchen When company comes, But I laugh, And eat well, And grow strong. Tomorrow, I’ll be at the table When company comes. Nobody’ll dare Say to me, “Eat in the kitchen,” Then. Besides, They’ll …
Jun 07
Amplify Black Poets, Day 4
Passing by TOI DERRICOTTE A professor invites me to his “Black Lit” class; they’rereading Larson’s Passing. One of the blackstudents says, “Sometimes light-skinned blacksthink they can fool other blacks,but I can always tell,” lookingright through me.After I tell them I am black,I ask the class, “Was I passingwhen I was just sitting here,before I told …