Tuesday, January 04, 2011

Great Regulars: By Kwame Dawes

Photos by Andre Lambertson

His voice is licked
but his dreams
are the artillery of words loaded
to uncoil our strength.
--Michel-Ange Hyppolite

The words cluster behind your teeth;

from PBS: Newshour: Weekly Poem: 'Boy in Blue'

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1 comment :

Rethabile said...

I like.

Have you never been to Lesotho? It seems we "spoke" about it years ago. If not, my bad.

Best