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ETHERIDGE KNIGHT

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Poems found: 154

A POEM FOR BLACK RELOCATION CENTERS

A POEM FOR MYSELF

A WASP WOMAN VISITS A BLACK JUNKIE IN PRISON

AND TELL ME POET, CAN LOVE EXIST IN SLAVERY

ANOTHER POEM FOR ME (AFTER RECOVERING FROM AN O.D.)

ANOTHER POEM FOR ME (AFTER RECOVERING FROM AN O.D.)

APOLOGY FOR APOSTASY?

AS YOU LEAVE ME

AS YOU LEAVE ME

AT A VA HOSPITAL IN THE MIDDLE OF THE UNITED STATES

BELLY SONG

BELLY SONG (FOR THE DAYTOP FAMILY)

BIRTHDAY POEM

BLACK POET LEAPS TO HIS DEATH

BONES OF MY FATHER

BOONE COUNTY

BOSTON 5:00 A.M. - 10/74

CAR ACCIDENT

CELL SONG

CIRCLING THE DAUGHTER

CIRCLING THE DAUGHTER

CLAY COUNTY

CON/TIN/U/WAY/SHUN BLUES

CONVERSATION WITH MYSELF

COP-OUT SESSION

CROWN HILL CEMETERY, INDIANAPOLIS

DARK PROPHECY: I SING OF SHINE

DARK PROPHECY: I SING OF SHINE

DEALING SCRAPS

EAT HELEN B HAPPY

EVOLUTIONARY POEM NO. 1

EVOLUTIONARY POEM NO. 2

FABLE

FEELING FUCKED UP

FEELING FUCKED UP

FOR A BROOKLINE LADY I LOVE

FOR BLACK POETS WHO THINK OF SUICIDE

FOR BLACK POETS WHO THINK OF SUICIDE

FOR DAN BERRIGAN

FOR ERIC DOLPHY

FOR FRECKLED-FACED GERALD

FOR FRECKLED-FACED GERALD

FOR LANGSTON HUGHES

FOR MALCOLM, A YEAR AFTER

FOR MALCOLM, A YEAR AFTER

FOR MARY ELLEN MCANALLY

GENESIS

GENESIS: 11

GREEN GRASS AND YELLOW BALLOONS

HAIKU

HAIKU

HAIKU

HAIKU

HAIKU

HAIKU

HAIKU

HAIKU

HAIKU

HAIKU

HAIKU

HAIKU FOR THE HOMELESS

HAIKU: 1

HAIKU: 2

HAIKU: 3

HAIKU: 4

HAIKU: 5

HAIKU: 6

HAIKU: 7

HAIKU: 8

HAIKU: 9

HARD ROCK RETURNS TO PRISON FROM THE HOSPITAL FOR THE CRIMINAL INSANE

HARD ROCK RETURNS TO PRISON FROM THE HOSPITAL FOR THE CRIMINAL INSANE

HARLEM

HE PAID ME SEVEN

HE SEES THROUGH STONE

HE SEES THROUGH STONE

HE SEES THROUGH STONE

I AM A TREE, MY LOVERS FLY TO AND FROM ME

I AND YOUR EYES

I WATCH FROM AFAR

IDEA OF ANCESTRY

ILU, THE TALKING DRUM

INDIANA AVENUE, 1949

INDIANAPOLIS WAR MEMORIAL

INDIANAPOLIS WINTER, 1973

IT WAS A FUNKY DEAL

IT WAS A FUNKY DEAL

IT WAS A FUNKY DEAL

JAZZ DRUMMER

JAZZ DRUMMER

JUNKY'S SONG

KEEPING OF A PROMISE

LAST WORDS BY SLICK

MEMO #2

MEMO #32

MEMO #43

MEMO #5

MEMO #9

MIZZU

MY LIFE, THE QUALITY OF WHICH

MY LIFE, THE QUALITY OF WHICH

MY UNCLE IS MY HONOR AND A GUEST IN MY HOUSE

NO MOON FLOODS THE MEMORY OF THAT NIGHT

O PRAYING MANTIS

ON SEEING THE BLACK MALE AS #1 SEX OBJECT IN AMERICA

ON THE BIRTH OF A BLACK BABY BOY

ON THE PROJECTS PLAYGROUND

ON THE YARD

ON THE YARD

ON WATCHING POLITICIANS PERFORM

ON WATCHING POLITICIANS PERFORM

ONCE ON A NIGHT IN THE DELTA: A REPORT FROM HELL

OUTSIDE ST. LOUIS

PENAL FARM

POEM FOR A CERTAIN LADY ON HER 33RD BIRTHDAY

POEM FOR BLACK RELOCATION CENTERS

POEM FOR MYSELF

POEM FOR THE LIBERATION OF SOUTHERN AFRICA

POEM OF ATTRITION

POEM ON THE MIDDLE EAST PEACE PROCESS.

POEM TO GALWAY KINNELL

PORTRAIT OF MALCOLM X

PORTRAIT OF MARY

PRISON GRAVEYARD

REHABILITATION & TREATMENT IN THE PRISONS OF AMERICA

REPORT TO THE MOTHER

RIVERSIDE PARK

SONG OF THE HOMELESS

STRETCHING OF THE BELLY

SUN CAME

SUN CAME

TALKING IN THE WOODS WITH KARL AMORELLI

TELEVISION SPEAKS

TELEVISION SPEAKS

THE BONES OF MY FATHER

THE IDEA OF ANCESTRY

THE SUN CAME

THE VIOLENT SPACE

TO DINAH WASHINGTON

TO MAKE A POEM IN PRISON

TO THE MAN WHO SIDLED UP TO ME AND ASKED: 'HOW LONG YOU IN?'

UPON YOUR LEAVING

VARIOUS PROTESTANTS FROM VARIOUS PEOPLE

VIGO COUNTY

VIOLENT SPACE

WARDEN SAID TO ME THE OTHER DAY

WASP WOMAN VISITS A BLACK JUNKIE IN PRISON

WE FREE SINGERS BE

WE FREE SINGERS BE

WELCOME BACK, MR. KNIGHT: LOVE OF MY LIFE

WELCOME BACK, MR. KNIGHT: LOVE OF MY LIFE

WILD NEGRO BILL

YOU ARE

YOU ARE



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