Jun 07
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
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
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
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
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 …
