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Raymond Nat Turner, BAR poet-in-residence
03 March 2021
Ferlinghetti might have been
God ‘cause he almost lived forever;
and Jersey Boys—Allen and Amiri—
Raymond Nat Turner, BAR poet-in-residence
24 February 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
Raymond Nat Turner, BAR poet-in-residence
17 February 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
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
16 December 2020
Cut plastic cuffs from
imaginations—
Dream larger
in dire situations…
IMAGINE every cook governing—
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
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