Etheridge Knight’s poem “Belly Song” appears in his 1973 collection Belly Song and Other Poems, published after his release from prison and...
You may write me down in history With your bitter, twisted lies, You may trod me in the...
A Rock, A River, A Tree Hosts to species long since departed, Marked the mastodon. The dinosaur, who left dry tokens Of their sojourn here On our planet floor, Any broad...
You Are …the honey in my Cerassie tea …the Ackee with my Saltfish …the Rum in my Coke...
Amiri Baraka wrote the poem Somebody Blew Up America about the September 11th Attacks. The poem was explicit...
How say that by law we may torture and chase A woman whose crime is the hue of her face? – With her step on the ice, and her arm on...
for Quincy T. Troupe Sr. father, it was an honor to be there, in the dugout with you,...
Ben Okri is a Nigerian-born British poet and novelist, widely regarded as one of the leading African writers...
Marcus Wicker is the acclaimed author of three poetry collections: Dear Mothership (2026), Silencer (2017), and Maybe the Saddest Thing (2012), which was selected by D.A. Powell for the National Poetry...
I know brokers of diamond dreams, who copulate in mines when mates are in fetters. I know IMF;...
Meserette Kentake, founder of Kentake Page, was born and raised in Kingston, Jamaica, and is of Yoruba descent (mtDNA). Now based in London, she holds a BSc in Counselling Psychology but is most passionate about…
