Raymond Nat Turner, BAR poet-in-residence

Raymond Nat Turner, BAR poet-in-residence
My Wise Country Cousin and Ol’ blak Schmo
12 Aug 2020
I came in de room wit mah head bent low pretendin’ defrenz to Ol’ blak Schmo. Sekrit Servuz say, “Boy, if’n you ain’t in no emediyit dangur
Raymond Nat Turner, BAR poet-in-residence
Testi-lyin’ low Barr
05 Aug 2020
a man ‘made’ $13 billion in a day—while Stomachs of millions of men, women and children are symphony orchestras tuning to “Last Days of Pompeo…”
Raymond Nat Turner, BAR poet-in-residence
The low Barr-Boss Tweet Rapid Response to COVID-19
29 Jul 2020
“If they come for me in the morning, they will come for you in the night.” ― Angela Y. Davis
Raymond Nat Turner, BAR poet-in-residence
Third Reich Quick Strike: low Barr-Boss Tweet
22 Jul 2020
I remember when they used to play Round ‘em up—bang-bang, baby; I remember when they used to chase Schoolboys—beat ‘em up, lock ‘em up I remember Geronimo’s wife, Sandra Pratt, aka Red
Raymond Nat Turner, BAR poet-in-residence
Hooey-hooey—Boss Tweet gotta GO!
15 Jul 2020
Hooey-hooey—he gotta go— Hooey-hooey—he gotta go!
Raymond Nat Turner, BAR poet-in-residence
Oooh, what a lil’ Movement can do…
08 Jul 2020
“There are decades where nothing happens; and there are weeks where decades happen.” ― Vladimir Ilyich Lenin
Raymond Nat Turner, BAR poet-in-residence
Amiri Poem for Boss Tweet
01 Jul 2020
Who tolt us ‘bout an unknown 19th of June— who the TikTok teens cast as buffoon? Who? Who say Douglass alive and doin’ good work— who turn the War House into a grifter perk? Who?
Raymond Nat Turner, BAR poet-in-residence
Who’s a Worker? (for Leo, Clarence, Jack, Trent and ILWU Local 10 Brothers and Sisters)
24 Jun 2020
I’ve prepped produce; bagged bread; stocked shelves; pulled products for- ward on shelves of several stores. So I bring nothing but love for frontline
Raymond Nat Turner, BAR poet-in-residence
The State (For Cam and B) and Mo’ Foul Play
17 Jun 2020
Papa’s proud of you, handsome Grandsons, for hand-lettered signs, for taking to the streets during your generation’s 10 days that shook the world!
Raymond Nat Turner, BAR poet-in-residence
low Barr Limbo
10 Jun 2020
He so wide you can’t go ‘round him He so low you can’t go under him He so low that when he go High an ant can’t get under him; a rattlesnake’s shake’s