Yusef Komunyakaa Poems (3 Poems)
My Father’s Love Letters (Yusef Komunyakaa Poems)
On Fridays he’d open a can of Jax After coming home from the mill, & ask me to write a letter to my mother Who sent postcards of desert flowers Taller than men. He would beg, Promising to never beat … Continue reading
Prisoners (Yusef Komunyakaa Poem)
Usually at the helipad I see them stumble-dance across the hot asphalt with crokersacks over their heads, moving toward the interrogation huts, thin-framed as box kites of sticks & black silk anticipating a hard wind that’ll tug & snatch them … Continue reading
Potions (Yusef Komunyakaa Poem)
The old woman made mint Candy for the children Who’d bolt through her front door, Silhouettes of the great blue Heron. She sold ten-dollar potions From a half-lit kitchen. Chinese boxes Furnished with fliers & sinkers. Sassafras & lizard tongues. … Continue reading
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