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(BPRW) Voices That Resonate: Celebrating Black Poetry This National Poetry Month | Black PR Wire, Inc.

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By Amanda Gorman, Danez Smith, Aja Monet
| Black PR Wire
For Immediate Release Contact Information Newsroom@BlackPRWire.com 877-BLACKPR (BPRW) Voices That Resonate: Celebrating Black Poetry This National Poetry Month (Black PR Wire) Poetry has long been a powerful form of expression within the Black community — a space where truth is spoken, culture is preserved, and emotions are given voice.
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Minnesota Goddam

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By Danez Smith
| Jewish Currents
Somewhere back in 2020, in the long night after Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin murdered George Floyd—the latest in the endless procession of those whose lives have been stolen by agents of law enforcement, after Philando Castile, after Thurman Blevins, after Breonna Taylor, after Tamir Rice—and as people rose up in the Twin Cities and around the world, I called my dear friend, the poet Franny Choi.
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An Elegy for My Neighbor, Renee Nicole Good

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By Danez Smith
| Yahoo
An Elegy for My Neighbor, Renee Nicole Good Stephen Maturen Renee, we didn’t get a chance to meet, but I’m sure we would have. We are both poets and share a vision of a future where our communities are safe and valued. Yesterday, you were living up to your name, making the kind of “good trouble” John Lewis spoke about. You were observing and documenting the ICE raids Trump’s rogue administration has plagued our city of Minneapolis with.
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