Poem About My Rights (June Jordan Poems)
Even tonight and I need to take a walk and clearmy head about this poem about why I can'tgo out ...
June Jordan Poems (25 Poems)
Jim Crow: The Sequel (June Jordan Poems)
An angry Black woman on the subject of the angry White man:We didn't always need affirmative actionWhen we broke this ...
Poem For Nana (June Jordan Poems)
What will we dowhen there is nobody leftto kill? *40,000 gallons of oil gushing intothe oceanBut Isit on top this mountainside ...
On The Loss Of Energy (And Other Things) (June Jordan Poems)
no more the chicken and the egg comeone of thembefore the otherbothbe fadin (steady)from the supersafeway/a&p/giantcircus uh-huh the pilgrim cornucopia it ain' a ...
Problems Of Translation: Problems Of Language (June Jordan Poems)
Dedicated to Myriam D(June Jordan)
The Talking Back of Miss Valentine Jones: Poem # one (June Jordan Poems)
well I wanted to braid my hairbathe and bedeck myself so fineso fully aforethought foryour pleasuresee:I wanted to travel and ...
It’s Hard To Keep A Clean Shirt Clean (June Jordan Poems)
Poem for Sriram ShamasunderAnd All of Poetry for the PeopleIt's a sunlit morningwith jasmine bloomingeasilyand a drove of robin redbreastsdiving ...
Apologies To All The People In Lebanon (June Jordan Poems)
Dedicated to the 6o,ooo Palestinian men, women, and children who lived in Lebanon from 1948-1983.I didn't know and nobody told ...
Letter To The Local Police (June Jordan Poems)
Dear Sirs:I have been enjoying the law and order of ourcommunity throughout the past three months sincemy wife and I, ...
1977: Poem For Mrs. Fannie Lou Hamer (June Jordan Poems)
You used to say, "June?Honey when you come down here yousupposed to stay with me. Whereelse?"Meanin homeagainst the beer the ...
A Poem AAbout Intelligence For My Brothers And Sisters (June Jordan Poems)
A few years back and they told me Blackmeans a hole where other folksgot brain/it was like the cells in ...
In Memoriam: Martin Luther King, Jr. (June Jordan Poems)
Ihoney people murder mercy U.S.A.the milkland turn to monsters teachto kill to violate pull down destroythe weakly freedom growing fruitfrom ...
A Song For Soweto (June Jordan Poems)
At the throat of Sowetoa devil language fallsslashingclaw syllables to shred and leaverawthe tongue of the younggirllearning to singher own ...
Poem for South African Women (June Jordan Poems)
Our own shadows disappear as the feet of thousandsby the tens of thousands pound the fallow landinto new dust thatrising ...
What Great Grief Has Made the Empress Mute (June Jordan Poems)
Because it was raining outside the palaceBecause there was no rain in her vicinityBecause people kept asking her questionsBecause nobody ...
APRIL 10, 1999 (June Jordan Poems)
The enemies proliferateby airby landthey bomb the citiesthey burn the earththey force the families into miles and miles of violent ...
Poem for Bob (June Jordan Poems)
Protected by a .357Magnum out of sightthe sign says,"Ken's Garage"and right around the gaspumpsten tomato plants lollripeninginside a vine confinementwire ...
April 9, 1999 (for Ethelbert) (June Jordan Poems)
In Brooklyn when the floweringforsythia escaped the concrete patternsof tight winter daysI didn't think about longdistancesor F-117s in contrastto a ...
July 4, 1974 (June Jordan Poems)
Washington, D.C.At least it helps me to think about my sona Leo/born to us(Aries and Cancer) somesixteen years agoin St. ...
Poem About Process And Progress (June Jordan Poems)
for HarukoHey Baby you bettahurry it up!Becausesince you went totallyoffI seen a full moonI seen a half moonI seen a ...
Poem For My Love (June Jordan Poems)
How do we come to be here next to each otherin the nightWhere are the stars that show us to ...
For Alice Walker (a summertime tanka) (June Jordan Poems)
Redwood grove and warYou and me talking Congogender grief and ashI say, "God! It's all so huge"You say, "These sweet ...
Poem Against the Temptations of Ambivalence (June Jordan Poems)
Quit?Save?Sign Off?Cancel?ARE YOU SURE?ARE YOU SURE?(June Jordan)
APRIL 7, 1999 (June Jordan Poems)
Nothing is more cruelthan the soldiers who commandthe widowto be gratefulthat she's still alive(June Jordan)
Poem on the Death of Princess Diana (June Jordan Poems)
At least she was ridingbesidesomebody going somewherefastabout love(June Jordan)