Great Regulars: Patricia Smith is the author of Blood Dazzler (2008),

which considered the human and environmental cost of Hurricane Katrina and was nominated for a National Book Award. She's also been a featured poet on HBO's Def Poetry Jam. In "Hip-Hop Ghazal," Smith takes what was originally an Arabic verse form and makes it her own.

Hip-Hop Ghazal
By Patricia Smith

from Shannon Doyne: The New York Times: Poetry Pairing: 'Hip-Hop Ghazal'

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