Haiku [i count the morning]
i count the morning
stars the air so sweet i turn
riverdark with sound.
From Like the Singing Coming off the Drums. Copyright © 1998 by Sonia Sanchez. Used with the permission of Beacon Press.
This is not a small voice
you hear this is a large
voice coming out of these cities.
This is the voice of LaTanya.
Kadesha. Shaniqua. This
is the voice of Antoine.
Darryl. Shaquille.
Running over waters
(for Emmett Louis Till)
1.
Your limbs buried
in northern muscle carry
their own heartbeat
2.
Mississippi ...
alert with
conjugated pain