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Breonna Remembered
Breonna Remembered
One year after Breonna Taylor's senseless murder, poet Bernadine "Dine" Watson pays tribute across space, time and sameness.
Juneteenth Reparations
Juneteenth Reparations
Rosemari Mealy’s exquisite poem takes us on an enduring, emotional journey to the post-emancipation period now known as Juneteenth.
Ma Rainey
Ma Rainey
“She was a person of the folks,” said poet and literary critic Sterling Brown who sheds love and light in this poem simply titled Ma Rainey.
Movement Song
Movement Song
Do not remember me as a bridge nor a roof / as the maker of legends / nor as a trap
Phenomenal Woman
Phenomenal Woman
Now you understand / Just why my head’s not bowed / I don’t shout or jump about / Or have to talk real loud.
Excerpt: A Black Woman Speaks…
Excerpt: A Black Woman Speaks…
And how you swore, if somebody beeped the bell, And how my heart played hopscotch if the telephone rang;
When You Have Forgotten Sunday
When You Have Forgotten Sunday
And how you swore, if somebody beeped the bell, And how my heart played hopscotch if the telephone rang;
Black Statue of Liberty
Black Statue of Liberty
I stand still above an island, fist straight in the air / Scar on my face, thick braids in my hair
Blues
Blues
in the night / in my half hour / negro dreams / i hear voices knocking at the door
His Excellency General Washington
His Excellency General Washington
Celestial choir! enthron'd in realms of light, Columbia's scenes of glorious toils I write.
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