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Spotlight Poet: Terrance Hayes

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In the same way a composition with no words communicates meaning, it might be impossible. Language is always burdened by thought. I'm just trying to get it so it can be like ceiling. And on that note, I will be reading one of Terrence's poems in the next twelve

Listen in to hear a reading from Hayes' collection: American Sonnets for My Past and Future Assasin. #writing #poetry #poet #literature #books #writer

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"Probably twilight..." & "I lock you in an America sonnet..."

Each of the poems in this collection that I've mentioned is titled based on the first line. So the first line of this poem is probably Twilight makes blackness dangerous. Probably Twilight makes blackness dangerous. Darkness. Probably all my encounters are existential jambolia, which is to say, can survive. Something happened in Sanford, something happened in Ferguson and Brooklyn and Charleston. Something happened in Chicago and Cleveland and Baltimore and happens almost everywhere in this country. Every day. Probably someone is prey
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