Published on Academy of American Poets (https://poets.org)
Grenade (audio only)
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Author
Yusef Komunyakaa
Photo credit: Arthur Elgort
Poet Yusef Komunyakaa first received wide recognition following the 1984 publication of Copacetic, a collection of poems built from colloquial speech which demonstrated his incorporation of jazz influences.