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By Sandra Simonds
Whether reciting poems from a bank lobby or singing along to Justin Bieber in LA traffic, he met the world with intellectual rigor and extraordinary attention.
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By Nikki Giovanni
childhood remembrances are always a drag
if you’re Black
you always remember things like living in Woodlawn
with no inside toilet...
if you’re Black
you always remember things like living in Woodlawn
with no inside toilet...
Poem
By Joshua Clover
They basically grow it out of sand.
This is a big help because otherwise it was getting pretty enigmatic.
Welcome to the desert of the real,
I am an ephemeral and not too discontented citizen....
This is a big help because otherwise it was getting pretty enigmatic.
Welcome to the desert of the real,
I am an ephemeral and not too discontented citizen....
Poem
By Sandra Simonds
You warned me about striving.
You said once they gave you a house
with waves of peppermint in the backyard,
the Library of Babylon, and free lunch,...
You said once they gave you a house
with waves of peppermint in the backyard,
the Library of Babylon, and free lunch,...
Poem of the day
The music was already turning sad,
those fresh-faced voices singing in a round
the lie that time could set its needle back...
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Translated By Kit Schluter
After tonight, what’s left of you is you moving into my
dream
After tonight, what’s left of you is you moving into my
dream
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Once I learned I could have the last word
I couldn’t stop having
I couldn’t stop having
it.
Once I learned I could have the last word
I couldn’t stop having
I couldn’t stop having
it.
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