Reposting the poem before that:
Anti-Pastoral by Vievee Francis
divasofverse.com/2020/08/anti-p
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Here's another poem by Lawrence Joseph:
Who Talks Like That?
divasofverse.com/2015/11/who-ta
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And another:
Sand Nigger by Lawrence Joseph
divasofverse.com/2013/12/sand-n
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One more:
In the beginning was Lebanon by Lawrence Joseph
divasofverse.com/2014/07/in-beg
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This was the poem of the day six years ago:
Jacket Notes by Ishmael Reed
divasofverse.com/2014/08/jacket
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This was the poem of the day five years ago:
Death Fugue by Paul Celan (two translations)
divasofverse.com/2015/08/death-
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This was the poem of the day four years ago:
Meaning by Czesław Miłosz
divasofverse.com/2016/08/meanin
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This was the poem of the day three years ago:
The Author Reflects on His 35th Birthday by Ishmael Reed
divasofverse.com/2017/08/the-au
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This was the poem of the day last year:
Ambition by Tess Gallagher
divasofverse.com/2019/08/ambiti
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Tess is truly magical. She read at our wedding and I’ll forever be grateful for her words. Also, thank you. I needed this poem this week. Our home was wrecked in the #Beirut blast and our daughter was injured, but improving thank God.
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