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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
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—
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
Raymond Nat Turner , BAR poet-in-residence
Doing The Math?
16 Aug 2018
Knitting my brow, I’m wondering whether we have a word Problem— numerical, mathematical, logical, or political Problem?
Raymond Nat Turner , BAR poet-in-residence
All Lives Matter?
12 Jul 2018
"Any man's death diminishes me, because I am involved in Mankind; And therefore never send to know for whom the bell tolls; it tolls for thee." - John Donne