Tracy K. Smith
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“Unrest in Baton Rouge” by Tracy K. Smith
“Unrest in Baton Rouge” after the photo by Jonathan BachmanOur bodies run with ink dark blood.Blood pools in the pavement’s seams.Is it strange to say love is a languageFew practice, but all, or near all speak?Even the men in black armor, the onesJangling handcuffs and keys, what elseAre they so buffered against, if not love’s Continue reading
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National Poetry Month 2024
Amalia Ortiz, Ana M. Fores Tamayo, Andrea Gibson, Assata Shakur, Benjamín Naka-Hasebe Kingsley, César Leonardo de León, Claudia Rankine, Cynthia Cruz, Dunya Mikhail, Gloria Anzaldua, H. Melt, Ire'ne Lara Silva, Jane Mead, Juan Felipe Herrera, Kamala Platt, Katana Smith, Lauren Badillo Milici, Molly Brodak, Natalie D-Napoleon, National Poetry Month, Ocean Vuong, Olivia Gatwood, Pat Mora, Poem, Poetry, Priscilla Celina Suárez, PW Covington, Rossy Evelin Lima, Sabrina Benaim, Tracy K. Smith, Valarie Wallace, Vijay Seshadri, Warsan Shire -
“Declaration” by Tracy K. Smith
For the twenty-fourth poem, I have chosen “Declaration” by Tracy K. Smith. More Tracy K. Smith Life on Mars: Poems Wade in the Water: Poems Ordinary Light: A Memoir Such Color: New and Selected Poems Eternity: Selected Poems American Journal: Fifty Poems for Our Time Duende: Poems There’s a Revolution Outside, My Love: Letters from Continue reading
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National Poetry Month 2021
“The Hill We Climb” by Amanda Gorman “Fight for Love” by Andrea Gibson “To Elsie” by William Carlos Williams “A Life of Errands” by Leonard Cohen “American Arithmetic” by Natalie Diaz “In the Event of My Demise” by Tupac Amaru Shakur “Love Calls Us to the Things of This World” by Richard Wilbur “Grief Calls Continue reading
Alex Lemon, Amanda Gorman, Andrea Gibson, Anne Sexton, Celina Gomez, Charles Simic, Claudia Rankine, Clint Smith III, Darius Simpson, Edgar Allan Poe, Franny Choi, Ire'ne Lara Silva, Isaac Nellum, Jared Singer, Joy Harjo, Justin Phillip Reed, Leonard Cohen, Molly Brodak, Natalie Diaz, National Poetry Month, Richard Wilbur, Saul Williams, Shane Koyczan, Sherman Alexie, Ted Kooser, Tracy K. Smith, Tupac Amaru Shakur, Vijay Seshadri, William Carlos Williams -
Poetry Break
Once again: “Your Life” by Andrea Gibson “I Carry Your Heart with Me” by e.e. cummings “Explaining My Depression to My Mother” by Sabrina Benaim “Ohm” by Saul Williams “Why are Muslims So…” by Sakila & Hawa “14 Lines from Love Letters or Suicide Notes” by Doc Luben “Some Things You Need to Know Before Continue reading
Allen Ginsberg, Amalia Ortiz, Andrea Gibson, Carlos Andres Gomez, Cassette Tape, Denice Frohman, Doc Luben, e. e. cummings, Edward Vidaurre, Edwin Bodney, Elizabeth Acevedo, Grace Carras, Guante, Helly Shah, Hobo Johnson & The LoveMakers, I Recorded This For You, In Albany New York, Jamie Mortara, Leticia, National Poetry Month, Neil Hilborn, Pablo Neruda, Poem, Prince Ea, Priscilla Celina Suárez, Sabrina Benaim, Sakila and Hawa, Saul Williams, Shane Koyczan, Suli Breaks, Tato Laviera, The 126ers, Tim Minchin, Tracy K. Smith, Warsan Shire -
Poetry Break
When I compiled my list of poems to post throughout National Poetry Month, it didn’t occur to me how close to home “The Good Life” by Tracy K. Smith would hit. Especially during the pandemic. Because of the mishandling of COVID-19 by the president, the unemployment rate jumped 4.4% within a month, with a forecast Continue reading
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