For the Man Whose Son My Son Killed
You must understand this: my son called me after his first firefight, distraught that he had taken life when I […]
African American Poets, Poems, Tributes
African American Poets
African American Poets, Poems, Tributes
A Guide for Black and White Crossing
The hardest part about being a zebra is crossing the river. Quick or slow, dip a hoof or plunge it
African American Poets, Audio, Poems, Tributes
The Girls On Josephine Street
[audioplayer file=”https://admin.rattle.com/audio/McEwenGirls.mp3″] Josephine Street is notorious. Everybody says it’s the street where the fast girls hang, so when the bus
African American Poets, Poems, Tributes
On the Flyleaf of C.K.W.’s Selected Poems
When a man dies he doesn’t have to wipe his ass anymore, Nor does he have to loosen those last
African American Poets, Poems, Tributes
Medusa’s Defense
What was my sin? That my father, Phoebe, never taught me to swim? That’s my alibi, our reason, and I
African American Poets, Poems, Tributes
The Lord God Bird
Sixty-two years since the last sighting, ornithologists say they’ve spotted one somewhere along the lip of the White River, its