Through the Invisible Cloak…
I teach college courses in poetry and poetics, which means that twice a year, I have to drop off materials […]
African American Poets, Essays, Tributes
African American Poets
African American Poets, Poems, Tributes
Sound-Part 1 (Girl With Red Scarf)
There was a girl with a red scarf, a girl with a white scarf, a girl with a pink scarf,
African American Poets, Poems, Tributes
From “The Telly Cycle”
Toi Derricotte from THE TELLY CYCLE Joy is an act of resistance For Telly the fish Telly’s favorite artist was
African American Poets, Poems, Tributes
Cartographer
You believe my body a map. It is an island to which you flock only to lose yourself, to find
African American Poets, Poems, Tributes
Hopefully Soon
c. 1940 Would like to have gotten on board only to realize he’d be told he couldn’t,
African American Poets, Audio, Poems, Tributes
Why Do They Call Bill Clinton the First Black President?
Perhaps its Baptist Donkey rides Mom trailer trips to McDonalds Arkansas tire swings Ya’ll come back now and smothered biscuits