Roll deep : poems /
Jackson, Major, 1968-
Roll deep : poems / Major Jackson. - First edition. - 93 pages ; 22 cm
The poems in Roll Deep are whimsical, urbane, and introspective, seeking a rhythmic sound that expresses the realities of the twenty-first century. Whether about child soldiers in Dadaab, a refugee camp in East Kenya, or human intimacy, the poems build community across borders of language and style. From Urban Renewal, The Dadaab Suite: I have come to Dadaab like an actor on a press release, unprepared for the drained faces of famine-fleeing refugees, my craft s glamour dimmed by hundreds of infant graves, children whose lolling heads final drop landed on their mothers backs like soft stones. What beauty can I spell in this swelter of dust?
9780393246896 0393246892
2015009527
American poetry--21st century.
American poetry--African American authors.
Roll deep : poems / Major Jackson. - First edition. - 93 pages ; 22 cm
The poems in Roll Deep are whimsical, urbane, and introspective, seeking a rhythmic sound that expresses the realities of the twenty-first century. Whether about child soldiers in Dadaab, a refugee camp in East Kenya, or human intimacy, the poems build community across borders of language and style. From Urban Renewal, The Dadaab Suite: I have come to Dadaab like an actor on a press release, unprepared for the drained faces of famine-fleeing refugees, my craft s glamour dimmed by hundreds of infant graves, children whose lolling heads final drop landed on their mothers backs like soft stones. What beauty can I spell in this swelter of dust?
9780393246896 0393246892
2015009527
American poetry--21st century.
American poetry--African American authors.