selected poems

Strange Fruit - Toi Derricotte p 03

Parlor Game - Toi Derricotte p 03

Big Mama’s Tits - Toi Derricotte p 03

My Light without My Father’s Darkness - Toi Derricotte p 04

Recipe for Funk - Alan King p 10

Mascot - Quraysh Ali Lansana p 11

Jam: - Debra Kang Dean p 15

Sweep - Debra Kang Dean p 16

Park An Hini Du (Black Man’s Field) - Cyrus Cassells p 21

Soldier, What Did You See? - Cyrus Cassells p 23

By Definition We Strange — The Fruit, Nourishment - Idrissa Ekundayo p 31

Weirdo Ray Brown’s What They Call Him - Idrissa Ekundayo p 32

He’s a Deacon And Driveway Mechanic - Idrissa Ekundayo p 33

Making Brown - Amanda Johnston p 35

Orange - Amanda Johnston p 36

Dress Code - Ellen Hagan p 38

The Space - Matilda Cox p 39

Feet Forward - Kelly A. Harris p 49

Names Don’t Name Me - Kelly A. Harris p 50