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Raymond Nat Turner, BAR poet-in-residence
15 April 2021
Salute to City of Angels’ son!
He wrote, he wrote, he wrote
And he wrote…
Ramparts, The Progressive, The
Raymond Nat Turner, BAR poet-in-residence
27 January 2021
Everybody’s wild ‘bout this ‘new’ dance craze—
this lewd, crude dance called “The 1st 100 Daze…”
Raymond Nat Turner, BAR poet-in-residence
20 January 2021
Kristallnacht came casting lead ballots,
overthrowing Black elected officials and
Massacring those that VOTED for them—
Raymond Nat Turner, BAR poet-in-residence
13 January 2021
“It's like writing history with lightning.“ — Woodrow Wilson on Birth of A Nation
Raymond Nat Turner, BAR poet-in-residence
06 January 2021
Think of peoples having the most
tanks, the most drones, the most
missiles, bombs, aircraft carriers,
Raymond Nat Turner, BAR poet-in-residence
10 December 2020
It was the Latino Vote…
No, it was the Latinix vote!
No, it was Black Women!
No, it was LGBTQ+ Black Women!
Raymond Nat Turner, BAR poet-in-residence
02 December 2020
The People earned a dancing in the
streets day, horn honking, slogan
shouting day—collective sigh/exhale
Raymond Nat Turner, BAR poet-in-residence
25 November 2020
Endangering species—
First Negroz and wild Karens
in power—members of the Strong-
arm Williams-Thom-ass Clarence-led
Raymond Nat Turner, BAR poet-in-residence
11 November 2020
Son, it look lak Unca Jim say, “Las’ time I chek I’se de whip—
an’ got no time fo’ young Negroz wit all dey Blak Life lip…”
Raymond Nat Turner, BAR poet-in-residence
28 October 2020
Rhythms of red, white, blue ‘party’
lights flashing beneath screaming
sirens; The rush of warm crimson
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