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By Jacques J. Rancourt
An intimate and compassionate voice from a lost paradise.
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By Megan Pillow
Affrilachian evolution and postcolonial community in the poetry of Frank X Walker.
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By Cornelius Eady
You have to imagine it:
Who said you were too dark/too
Large? Too queer/too loud?
Who said you were too…
Who said you were too dark/too
Large? Too queer/too loud?
Who said you were too…
Poem
By Larry Levis
I had already decided that a thing could not be seen
For the thing it was, when I looked up & waved …
For the thing it was, when I looked up & waved …
Poem
By Frank X Walker
thoroughbred racing
and hee haw
are burdensome images
for kentucky sons
venturing beyond the mason-dixon…
and hee haw
are burdensome images
for kentucky sons
venturing beyond the mason-dixon…
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In a Chicago museum, these small bells of Benin
are bringing their charm to a foreign scene, without ringing.
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The best life is the life
Lived out
Lived out
unmeasured.
The best life is the life
Lived out
Lived out
unmeasured.
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By Cornelius Eady
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By Maggie Smith
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By Dāshaun Washington
I am so alive it
gnaws.
I am so alive it
gnaws.
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the universe
blacker and more beautiful than
I
blacker and more beautiful than
I
imagined.
the universe
blacker and more beautiful than
I
blacker and more beautiful than
I
imagined.
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every word over top every
other
every word over top every
other
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Frank X Walker
Frank X Walker was born in Danville, Kentucky, and earned a BA from the University of Kentucky and an…. Read More
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