Poetry

Raymond Nat Turner , BAR poet-in-residence
Down With NRA (For Emma and The Resistance)
21 Feb 2018
Down with NRA sponsoring murder in our schools Down with NRA hacks claiming guns are just ‘tools’ Down with NRA mass murders nearly everyday Down with NRA
Raymond Nat Turner , BAR poet-in-residence
Sugar Hill Play-date v. Oz-low Piece Process
14 Feb 2018
35 lb question mark, 3 ft exclamation point, doesn’t cringe at loud sounds or pee his bed behind nightmares. Camryn, my three year-old Sugar
Raymond Nat Turner , BAR poet-in-residence
2/4 Dance Don’t Cut It
18 Jan 2018
“Pay, or die…” the Death Sentence Big Pharma- Insurance Mob just issued a neighbor; and a Frankenfood experiment’s irritating my gut
Raymond Nat Turner , BAR poet-in-residence
My Wise Country Cousin On de Blak Boozewahzee
10 Jan 2018
Dey cum buck dancin’, ‘bout ebry 2 ta 4 years, Afta dat, is dey ‘bout scarce as Lepercon ears? Is dese spooks ‘bout korrup as de day is long—
3 Little Words (For 2 EGs)
03 Jan 2018
One to three three on one Life hanging on tatted arms of a windpipe- crushing Nazi thug 3 little words 12 letters 11 times Not artful air escaping
Raymond Nat Turner , BAR poet-in-residence
Whoppers of Boss Tweet…
20 Dec 2017
A thief a thug Man in a rug A tweet deceit A lie a cheat— Embellish, embroider: a lying disorder…
Raymond Nat Turner , BAR poet-in-residence
if it takes 100 years
06 Dec 2017
I am the North Star— Hope; Never wavering, organizing, burning thorough bars, walls, wire— I am consciousness of all creatures, crystalline water,
Raymond Nat Turner , BAR poet-in-residence
Black Friday?
30 Nov 2017
Thought solemnity— bowed heads, hands held, streams of consciousness, Blessings counted the day before: Flowing water; No rockets’ red glare; No bombs bursting
Raymond Nat Turner , BAR poet-in-residence
If I had a hammer…
12 Oct 2017
My Dad drew blueprints, Built cabinets, designed ultra-modern kitchens, offices: Master of tile, electrical, plumbing, painting—imagining, mixing Colors he dreamed up
Raymond Nat Turner , BAR poet-in-residence
Puerto Rico: Shock and Awe Exposing Capitalism’s Criminality
04 Oct 2017
Water is life…and even saliva’s in short supply… For drum-tight mouths, sandpaper throats. Yodeling bellies cave in on spines, as evil scents of sewage and death float in,