Raymond Nat Turner, BAR poet-in-residence

Raymond Nat Turner, BAR poet-in-residence
Testi-lyin’
07 Apr 2021
Northeast, midwest, southwest, south, down south, up south, out south—south of the Canadian border—Slouched down in his cruiser, slow-rollin’ the ‘hood; Or a-
Raymond Nat Turner, BAR poet-in-residence
Shinobu, is this what solidarity looks like?
31 Mar 2021
Now, I wasn’t Yuri Kochiyama amidst toppled chairs, gun smoke scented chaos, cradling Malcolm’s heavy head on the Audubon Ballroom
Raymond Nat Turner, BAR poet-in-residence
PIMP: Paper In Militarists’ Pockets (Business as usual…)
24 Mar 2021
$13 billion aircraft carriers, $10 pencils and $500 hammers, renamed “portable hand-held transcribing devices” and “impact fasteners;” so war-profiteer pimps—war
Raymond Nat Turner, BAR poet-in-residence
No mo’ Cuomo? (Kind of an apology)
17 Mar 2021
Kind of an apology: To the 15,000 families it was never personal— It was always business…
Raymond Nat Turner, BAR poet-in-residence
Meet me at Mary’s Place…
10 Mar 2021
“…he said if you can enjoy A real nice affair (Over at Mary's place—oh) Then you'll make it Your business to be right there… (Over at Mary's place— oh)” —Sam Cooke
Raymond Nat Turner, BAR poet-in-residence
Long Live the Legacy of Lawrence Ferlinghetti!
03 Mar 2021
Ferlinghetti might have been God ‘cause he almost lived forever; and Jersey Boys—Allen and Amiri— lyricized Coltrane’s “Welcome” and are singing it for him with rhythmic
Raymond Nat Turner, BAR poet-in-residence
He’s under suspicion…
24 Feb 2021
The rioters all knew him— it had to be an inside job— ‘cause to a man they spoke to him by name as they breached the building. Read their lips…
Raymond Nat Turner, BAR poet-in-residence
What did low Barr know?
17 Feb 2021
Liars, liars your loaded dice/tilted table theater’s on fire— But prosecutors and gas-lighting lawyers concur on Empire…
Raymond Nat Turner, BAR poet-in-residence
Black Lives Matter…
10 Feb 2021
B-B-B-Black Lives M-M-M-Matter… Unless you listening to loud music; shoveling snow; Or own a phone or car… B-B-B-Black Lives M-M-M-Matter…
Raymond Nat Turner, BAR poet-in-residence
Conspiracy theory 47
03 Feb 2021
It wasn’t led by lineage of Robert E. Lee— it was nuts demanding healthcare for free! It wasn’t a lynch mob, a putsch, or a coup— what good does divisive descriptions do?