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How Now Brown Crown

How Now Brown Crown

How now brown crown

royal toil of your ink and flesh

mixed

multiracial mesh on paper

paper-trails never found your feet

how sweet to be a starving artist

carving all this

meat of art

so smart to part

with your worth

and not the curse

I see of late

where artists sell their soul

for a chicken dinner plate.

I salute you,

Maya and Langston

and Zora and Franklin,

and James and even the slain Christ.

These are the poets that gave me LIFE.

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Christopher Correia

Nikki I'm hopping around and snapping my fingers....you nailed this!  So brilliant; I know Maya Angelou, and Langston Hughes but I got to read up on the other names you mentioned...this write is delivered with pure quality....I love love love this!  Much respect

'Maya and Langston

and Zora and Franklin,

and James and even the slain Christ.

These are the poets that gave me LIFE.'

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Nikki Roberts

*Hugs* to you, Christopher. You are a kind and discerning spirit. This is, indeed, a freestyle and I just flowed with my creative impulses to present a certain rawness for famous poets of color long gone. My references include: Maya Angelou; Langston Hughes; Zora Neale Hurston; Franklin Marshall Davis; and James Baldwin. Thank you. Glad to be in community with you and other creatives.

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Christopher Correia

such a good poem, Nikki....thanks for the  heads up on those other poets; looking forward to reading them...cheers

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