Poetry

Raymond Nat Turner , BAR poet-in-residence
My Wise Country Cousin on de Dems
20 Feb 2019
Whoa, son! Why de hell you axin’ me ‘bout de Dems— ‘Bout de Miss Nancys, Cap’n Stenys, an’ Unca Jims? Tolt you, dey ‘bout as crookit as dat dawg’s hine leg—
Raymond Nat Turner , BAR poet-in-residence
If all options are on the table…
13 Feb 2019
If “all options are on the table” Let’s hear filters usurping skull and crossbones drinking water 400 times before it flows from a single faucet
Raymond Nat Turner , BAR poet-in-residence
Wall of Lies
07 Feb 2019
Raymond Nat Turner , BAR poet-in-residence
Riddle of National Sovreignity
30 Jan 2019
Brown body writhing in orange flames; scents of burning hair and flesh—so, how do you say Lynching in Spanish? Torched clinics were hollowed out shells without medicines and
Raymond Nat Turner , BAR poet-in-residence
“No Matter What Sign You Are,”4th Supreme
16 Jan 2019
Mary was mysterious, but the best dancer Diana, the magnetic, cooing romancer— But, here’s a secret I know: cats like me dug Miss Flo— And the 4th Supreme’s ‘fro!
Raymond Nat Turner , BAR poet-in-residence
chief
02 Jan 2019
one of those sweltering summer nights, City of Angels, run by devils… Cruising Imperial Highway heading westbound to the water when a newsflash interrupted
Raymond Nat Turner , BAR poet-in-residence
Another Sentimental PSYOP
12 Dec 2018
Prelude: One Warlord croons, “Bomb, bomb, bomb—bomb, bomb Iran—“ another Warlord solemnly chants, in Spanish, “Yes, we can!”
Raymond Nat Turner , BAR poet-in-residence
Two Sides to Every Question?
14 Nov 2018
Can a Mom and Pop store be too big to fail? Could a mafia don be businessman of the year? Can a hitman plead, “Just doin’ my job?”
Raymond Nat Turner , BAR poet-in-residence
Deliver us from lesser evil…
04 Sep 2018
Star-struck, in childlike awe of celestial Voices, silver tongues; I spent seven hours glued to the screen— back in the Baptist Church,
Raymond Nat Turner , BAR poet-in-residence
War Criminal Straw Spun to Fools Gold Hero
29 Aug 2018
Looking up at stars and stripes