POLITICAL AFFAIRS POEMS

MERGE
LITERARY MAGAZINE WINTER 2020

POLITICAL POEMS

TEXT TO RESURRECT REVOLUTION
BY BOB MCNEIL

"BEAUTY OF BLACK"
BY ADWOWA MINUS

WINTER ACROSS AMERICA
BY GWEN RUSSELL GREEN

OBAMA
BY BOB MCNEIL

SMOKE ON THE GROUND
BY HZAL ANUBEWEI

KWANSABA: MEMWAR FOR THE FALLEN & THE RISEN
BY EUGENE REDMOND

REPROVED
BY TAMARA J. MADISON

AMERICA’S UNCONSTITUTIONAL GRILL
BY BOB MCNEIL

ALL BLACK
BY ADWOWA MINUS

1619 THE GOOD SHIP
BY MICHAEL SIMANAGA, PHD

BEFORE AND AFTER THE STRUGGLE CONTINUES
BY MALKIA M’BUZI MOORE

FLORA
BY TAMARA J. MADISON

BEYOND THE BLUES
BY MARI RICE

A TONE MEANT FOR REPARATION
BY DARLENE ROY

IN THE ABSENCE OF WAR
BY RASHIDAH ISMAILI

BITTER REALITY
BY DARLENE ROY

BILLBOARD
BY TAMARA J. MADISON

TWO POEMS: TIME BUM AND GREAT !?! AGAIN BY ROSCOE
“ROS” CRENSHAW

AMERIKAKA
BY CHARLOIS LUMPKIN

LOST BOYS
BY ERIC F. MAXIE

SHOULDERS OF GIANTS
BY PATRICK DUNCAN

PROTECTED
BY ZADI MAYNARD

RE-RIGHT THE TWEET
BY DARLENE ROY

LITTLE ROCK/GOTTA ROLL GRAND FORK, NORTH DAKOTA SUPPER CLUB GOSPEL,
SEPTEMBER 17, 1957
BY DAVID MILLS

REQUIEM FOR TROY DAVIS
BY GWEN RUSSELL GREEN

CUFFED AT THE CURB
BY CHARLOIS LUMPKIN

A KWANSABA ELEGY FOR MICHAEL BROWN
BY CHARLOIS LUMPKIN

TWO POEMS: BLACK AND BLUE AND ON HOLY GROUND
BY JAYE P. WILLIS