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Raymond Nat Turner , BAR poet-in-residence
How Long?
25 Apr 2018
How long? Too long… How long? Too long… How long? Too long… How long? Too long… have massacres become ‘clashes’ on tongues of
Raymond Nat Turner , BAR poet-in-residence
For Sistar Kiilu Nyasha: Freedom Is A Constant Struggle…
19 Apr 2018
Never thought I’d see the day that I’d pray for: Fake News; Never thought I’d see the day that I’d pray for: Alternative Facts from Boss Tweet— pray that
Raymond Nat Turner , BAR poet-in-residence
Boss Tweet: Latest Poster Boy for the Warfare State’s Pyramid Scheme
11 Apr 2018
Ocher shadow bearing sculls and crossbones, ruby river draining from pyramid’s base an endless death rattle of bombs and drones Threatening to drown the whole human race
Raymond Nat Turner , BAR poet-in-residence
Gunmen
04 Apr 2018
Hm, March 18th my Mothers birthday I heard lead bees stung the young mans Back, severed vertebrae, collapsed his lung, left his arm bits of boneon a ruby red river
Raymond Nat Turner , BAR poet-in-residence
Rouge State
28 Mar 2018
Nuclear bully’s roaring for war Thru the mouth of its dinosaur— At war ever since its bloody birth Now, threatening the entire earth!
Raymond Nat Turner , BAR poet-in-residence
Last Days of Pompeo…or of ‘Identity’ Politics?
21 Mar 2018
His lips gurgled watery words, his nostrils were an aching incinerator… Still, she taunted and tormented him about his acting; after she’d ordered him
Raymond Nat Turner , BAR poet-in-residence
Waking Up With Wackenhut?
14 Mar 2018
There are lands of bluebirds and fountains— where everyone in their minds is forever free… Turning away, shuttering high-beams: Erehwon, Shangra-La,
Raymond Nat Turner , BAR poet-in-residence
ASS
01 Mar 2018
Is this an AR-15 gun story? Or, a repeating rifle history: Winchester Model 1873, “the gun you could load on Sunday and shoot all week long,
Raymond Nat Turner , BAR poet-in-residence
Down With NRA (For Emma and The Resistance)
21 Feb 2018
Down with NRA sponsoring murder in our schools Down with NRA hacks claiming guns are just ‘tools’ Down with NRA mass murders nearly everyday Down with NRA
Raymond Nat Turner , BAR poet-in-residence
Sugar Hill Play-date v. Oz-low Piece Process
14 Feb 2018
35 lb question mark, 3 ft exclamation point, doesn’t cringe at loud sounds or pee his bed behind nightmares. Camryn, my three year-old Sugar