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JUNE JORDAN

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Poems found: 263

THESE POEMS

ONE MINUS ONE MINUS ONE

I MUST BECOME A MENACE TO MY ENEMIES

ALLA THA'S ALL RIGHT, BUT

FIRST POEM AFTER SERIOUS SURGERY

THE BOMBING OF BAGDAD

POEM TO TAKE BACK THE NIGHT

IT'S HARD TO KEEP A CLEAN SHIRT CLEAN

SHOOTING THE DOG

THE TALKING BACK OF MISS VALENTINE JONES: POEM # ONE

1977: POEM FOR MRS. FANNIE LOU HAMER

A SONG FOR SOWETO

APOLOGIES TO ALL THE PEOPLE IN LEBANON

IN MEMORIAM: MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR.

LETTER TO THE LOCAL POLICE

ON THE LOSS OF ENERGY (AND OTHER THINGS)

POEM FOR HARUKO

POEM FOR MY LOVE

PROBLEMS OF TRANSLATION: PROBLEMS OF LANGUAGE

SONG OF THE LAW ABIDING CITIZEN

POEM FOR BOB

POEM ON THE DEATH OF PRINCESS DIANA

FOR ALICE WALKER (A SUMMERTIME TANKA)

WHAT GREAT GRIEF HAS MADE THE EMPRESS MUTE

POEM AGAINST THE TEMPTATIONS OF AMBIVALENCE

WHAT WOULD I DO WHITE

IF YOU SAW A NEGRO LADY

POEM ABOUT POLICE VIOLENCE

POEM FOR A YOUNG POET

NOVEMBER POEM FOR ALGERIA: 1996

MESSAGE FROM BELFAST FOR JUSTICE AND GERRY ADAMS

BOSNIA, BOSNIA

STUDY #2 FOR B.B.L.

DRAFT OF A RAP FOR WEN HO LEE

A POEM ON MORAL LEADERSHIP AS A POLITICAL DILEMMA

POEM OF COMMITMENT

APRIL 7TH, 1999

KOSOVO EXCHANGE, APRIL 11TH, 1999

APRIL 12TH, 1999

FOCUS IN REAL TIME

THE SNOW

A POEM ABOUT INTELLIGENCE FOR MY BROTHERS & SISTERS

DIRECTIONS FOR CARRYING EXPLOSIVE NUCLEAR WASTES THROUGH ...

FOR OUR BELOVED BARBARA CHRISTIAN, JUNE 19, 2000

FROM AMERICA: A POEM IN PROCESS

FROM SEA TO SHINING SEA

FROM WAR AND MEMORY 1

MID-YEAR REPORT: FOR HARUKO

OUGHTA BE A WOMAN

POEM FOR NANA

POEM FOR SOUTH AFRICAN WOMEN

POEMS FOR BUDDY

SOMETHING LIKE A SONNET FOR PHILLIS MIRACLE WHEATLEY

TORNADO WATCH

WAR VERSE

WHAT GREAT GRIEF HAS MADE THE EMPRESS MUTE

WHO WOULD BE FREE, THEMSELVES MUST STRIKE THE BLOW

POEM ABOUT MY RIGHTS

FOR MY MOTHER / I WOULD WRITE A LIST

IF YOU SAW A NEGRO LADY

NOBODY RIDING THE ROADS TODAY

RICHARD WRIGHT WAS WRONG

SNOW

WHAT WOULD I DO WHITE?

12:01 A.M. FOR HARUKO

1980: NOTE TO THE LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS

1981: ON CALL

3 FOR KIMAKO

POEM ABOUT INTELLIGENCE FOR MY BROTHERS AND SISTERS

POEM FOR HARUKO 10/29

POEM FOR JONATHAN

REAGAN ERA POEM IN MEMORY OF SCARLET O'HARA

RUNAWAY LIL BIT POEM

SONG FOR SOWETO

SONG OF SOJOURNER TRUTH

SONNET FOR A.B.T.

ABOUT THE REUNION

ADDENDA TO THE PAPAL BULL

ADRIENNE'S POEM: ON THE DIALECTICS OF THE DIATONIC SCALE

AFTER ALL IS SAID AND DONE

ALL THE WORLD MOVED

ANOTHER POEM ABOUT THE MAN

APOLOGIES TO ALL THE PEOPLE IN LEBANON

ARGUMENT WITH THE BUDDHA

ASSAILANT: ANTONIO MOORE

ATLANTIC COAST REGGAE

BIG CITY HAPPENING FOR HARUKO

BIRTHDAY IN PARIS

BOSNIA BOSNIA

BRIDGET SONG #1

CAMPSITE #21

CASE IN POINT

CHRISTMAS POEM

CLOCK ON HANCOCK STREET

DELIZA QUESTIONING PERPLEXITIES

DELIZA SPEND THE DAY IN THE CITY

DES MOINES IOWA RAP

EASTER COMES TO THE EAST COAST: 1981

EVIDENTLY LOOKING AT THE MOON REQUIRES A CLEAN PLACE

FACT SHEETS FOR B.B.L.

FIRST POEM AFTER SERIOUS SURGERY

FIRST POEM FROM NICARAGUA LIBRE: TEOTECACINTE

FOCUS IN REAL TIME

FOR CHRISTOPHER

FOR HARUKO

FOR OUR BELOVED BARBARA CHRISTIAN, JUNE 19, 2000

FOURTH POEM FROM NICARAGUA LIBRE: REPORT FROM THE FRONTIER

FREE FLIGHT

FROM AMERICA: A POEM IN PROCESS

FROM NICARAGUA LIBRE: PHOTOGRAPH OF MANAGUA

FROM SEA TO SHINING SEA

FROM THE TALKING BACK OF MISS VALENTINE JONES: POEM # ONE

FROM WAR AND MEMORY 1

GHAFLAH

GHAZAL AT FULL MOON

GRACE

GRAND ARMY PLAZA

GREENSBORO: NORTH CAROLINA

HAIKU FOR B.B.L.

HAIKU FOR THE WOULD-BE KILLERS OF A TEACHER

HERE

HOME: JANUARY 29, 1984

I AM NO MORE AND I AM NO LESS

I AM THE FALLEN / I AM THE CLIFF

I MUST BECOME A MENACE TO MY ENEMIES

ICHIBAN

IN MEMORIAM POEM FOR MRS. FANNIE LOU HAMER

IN MEMORIAM: MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR.

INAUGURAL ROSE

INDEPENDENCE DAY IN THE U.S.A.

INTIFADA

INTIFADA INCANTATION:

IT'S ABOUT YOU: ON THE BEACH

JULY 4, 1984: FOR BUCK

KISSING GOD GOODBYE

LEAVES BLOW BACKWARD

LEBANON LEBANON: I

LEBANON LEBANON: II

LEBANON LEBANON: III

LEBANON LEBANON: IV

LETTER TO HARUKO FROM DECORAH, IOWA, USA

LETTER TO MRS. VIRGINIA THOMAS, WIFE OF WHATZHISNAME LAMENTABLY

LULLABY

MARCH SONG

MENDOCINO MEMORY FOR HARUKO

MENU

MERRY-GO-AROUND POETRY

MESSAGE FROM BELFAST FOR JUSTICE AND FOR GERRY ADAMS

MID-YEAR REPORT: FOR HARUKO

MOVING TOWARDS HOME

NEW YEAR FOR HARUKO

NIGHTLINE: SEPTEMBER 20, 1982

NO POEM BECAUSE TIME IS NOT A NAME

NOT LOOKING

NOTES ON THE PEANUT

NOTES TOWARDS HOME

NOVEMBER

23-Oct-83

OCTOBER SNOWPEA POEM

OF NIGHTSONG AND FLIGHT

ON A NEW YEAR'S EVE

ON LIFE AFTER LIFE

ON MY HAPPY/MATRIMONIAL CONDITION

ON THE REAL WORLD: MEDITATION #1

ON YOUR LOVE

ONESIDED DIALOG

OUGHTA BE A WOMAN

PHOENIX MYSTERY #1

PHOENIX MYSTERY #2 FOR HARUKO

POEM # 2 FOR INAUGURAL ROSE

POEM #1 FOR B.B.L.

POEM #3 FOR B.B.L.

POEM #4 FOR B.B.L.

POEM #6 FOR B.B.L.

POEM #7 FOR B.B.L.

POEM #9 FOR B.B.L.

POEM ABOUT A NIGHT OUT: MICHAEL: GOOD-BYE FOR AWHILE

POEM ABOUT HEARTBREAK THAT GO ON AND ON

POEM ABOUT MY RIGHTS

POEM ABOUT PROCESS AND PROGRESS FOR HARUKO

POEM ABOUT THE HEAD OF A NEGRO

POEM AFTER RECEIVING VOICEMAIL FROM YOU AFTER (I DON'T EVEN KNOW

POEM AGAINST THE STATE (OF THINGS): 1975

POEM AT THE END OF THE THIRD YEAR

POEM BECAUSE THE 1996 U.S. POET LAWREATE TOLD THE SAN FRANCISCO

POEM FOR A YOUNG POET

POEM FOR DANA

POEM FOR DERRICK GILBERT

POEM FOR ETEL ADNAM WHO WRITES: SO WE SHALL SAY

POEM FOR GUATEMALA

POEM FOR HARUKO

POEM FOR HARUKO

POEM FOR JOY DEDICATED TO THE CREEK TRIBE OF NORTH AMERICA

POEM FOR MARK

POEM FOR MY LOVE

POEM FOR MY PRETTY MAN

POEM FOR NANA

POEM FOR NANA

POEM FOR NICARAGUA

POEM FOR SOUTH AFRICAN WOMEN

POEM FOR THE POET SARA MILES

POEM IN MEMORY OF ALAN SCHINDLER, 22 YEARS OLD

POEM NUMBER TWO ON BELL'S THEOREM OR THE NEW PHYSICALITY

POEM ON THE QUANTUM MECHANICS OF BREAKFAST WITH HARUKO

POEM ON THE ROAD, FOR ALICE WALKER

POEM TO CONTINUE A CONVERSATION

POEM TOWARDS A FINAL SOLUTION

POEM WRITTEN TO THE HEAVY RAIN THROUGH THE TREES

POEMS FOR BUDDY

POOR FORM

POSTSCRIPT FOR HARUKO: ON WAR AND PEACE

PROBLEMS OF TRANSLATION: PROBLEMS OF LANGUAGE

QUEEN ANNE'S LACE

RELATIVITY

RESOLUTION # 1003

ROMAN POEM NUMBER FIVE

ROMAN POEM NUMBER FOURTEEN

ROMAN POEM NUMBER NINE

ROMAN POEM NUMBER TEN

ROMAN POEM NUMBER THIRTEEN FOR EDDIE

ROMAN POEM NUMBER TWO

ROMANCE IN IRONY

ROOTS FOR A.B.T.

SAFE

SECOND POEM FROM NICARAGUA LIBRE: WAR ZONE

SHORT TAKES

SOMETHING LIKE A SONNET FOR PHILLIS MIRACLE WHEATLEY

SOMETIMES CLARITY COMES IN THE DARK

SONG OF THE LAW ABIDING CITIZEN

SPECULATIONS ON THE PRESENT THROUGH THE PRISM OF THE PAST

STORY FOR TUESDAY

STUDY #1

STUDY #2 FOR B.B.L.

SUNFLOWER SONNET NUMBER ONE

SUNFLOWER SONNET NUMBER TWO

TAIKO DOJO MESSAGES FROM HARUKO

TANKA METAPHORS OR NOT FOR B.B.L.

TANKA TRIO: I

TANKA TRIO: II

TANKA TRIO: III

BEIRUT JOKEBOOK

BOMBING OF BAGHDAD

CEDAR TREES OF LEBANON

ECLIPSE OF 1996

FEMALE AND THE SILENCE OF A MAN

MORNING ON THE MOUNTAINS

NEW PIETA: FOR THE MOTHERS AND CHILDREN OF DETROIT

RECEPTION

TEST OF ATLANTA 1979

WEDDING

THIS IS A POEM ABOUT VIEQUES, PUERTO RICO

TO SING A SONG OF PALESTINE

TORNADO WATCH

TOWARD A CITY THAT SINGS

UNCLE BULL-BOY

UPDATE FOR HARUKO

VERSE AFTER LISTENING TO BARTOK PLAY BARTOK A SECOND TIME

WAR VERSE

WEST COAST EPISODE

WHAT GREAT GRIEF HAS MADE THE EMPRESS MUTE

WHEN I OR ELSE

WHO WOULD BE FREE, THEMSELVES MUST STRIKE THE BLOW

YOU CAME WITH SHELLS



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