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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 …
Jun 06
Amplify Black Poets, Day 3
Ode to Dalya’s Bald Spot by ANGEL NAFIS my sister wraps the throw around herself on the small cream loveseat & i know for sure that she is not a speck of dirt on a pill. she coughs & sniffs up all the lucky air in the room into her excellent nostrils, which are endless …
Jun 04
Amplify Black Poets, Day 2
Poem about Police Violence by JUNE JORDAN Tell me somethingwhat you think would happen ifeverytime they kill a black boythen we kill a copeverytime they kill a black manthen we kill a cop you think the accident rate would lower subsequently?sometimes the feeling like amaze me babycomes back to my mouth and I am quietlike …
Jun 04
Amplify Black Poets, Day 1
MoSt will be posting a poem by an African American poet on Facebook, and here on our blog, each day during the month of June. Here is our first poem. alternate names for black boys BY DANEZ SMITH 1. smoke above the burning bush 2. archnemesis of summer night 3. first son …
Mar 12
COVID-19 Updates to Poetry Events
It is with deep regret that we’ve cancelled this year’s annual benefit for the Modesto-Stanislaus Poetry Center which was scheduled for April 5. It is more important that all our supporters and friends stay well and safe, so we are forgoing the benefit this year. We won’t be rescheduling, but we do hope to be …