Ground WorkHaki Madhubuti is one of the foremost Black poets and has been in the vanguard of Black letters for more than 25 years. He has perfected the ability to combine politics and poetry in a powerful and unique style that is both accessible and profound. GroundWork: Selected Poems from 1966-1996 is a landmark collection of Madhubuti's poetic vision for and critique of African-Americans and American society as a whole. From ""But He Was Cool"" and ""One Sided Shoot-out"" to ""White People are People Too"" and ""Too Many of Our Young are Dying"", GroundWork is a compendium of verse that is both thoughtful, memorable, and represents some of the best work in a generation of American poets of any color. |
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... blackman . goin ta space man , all u got ta do is think space thoughts . You're slick jim , yes you is slicker than an oil slick , yes you is just been sliding in the wrong direction . click . be a New World picture . click , click .
... blackman . goin ta space man , all u got ta do is think space thoughts . You're slick jim , yes you is slicker than an oil slick , yes you is just been sliding in the wrong direction . click . be a New World picture . click , click .
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... blackman . . . . walk thru the world as if You are world itself , click . be an extension of everything beautiful & powerful , click click . HEY blackman look like you'd be named something like . . . . earth , sun or mountain . Go head ...
... blackman . . . . walk thru the world as if You are world itself , click . be an extension of everything beautiful & powerful , click click . HEY blackman look like you'd be named something like . . . . earth , sun or mountain . Go head ...
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... blackman can u stop a hurricane , mississippi couldn't . blackman if u can't stop what mississippi couldn't , be it . be it . blackman be the wind , be the win , the win , the win , win win : 111 woooooooooowe boom boom Woooooooooowe ...
... blackman can u stop a hurricane , mississippi couldn't . blackman if u can't stop what mississippi couldn't , be it . be it . blackman be the wind , be the win , the win , the win , win win : 111 woooooooooowe boom boom Woooooooooowe ...
Contents
Foreword by Gwendolyn Brooks xiii | |
The New Integrationist 21 | |
Contradiction in Essence 27 | |
Copyright | |
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