Raymond Nat Turner

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,
Raymond Nat Turner , BAR poet-in-residence
Orange Julius Ceases the UN
29 Sep 2017
Sulphur swept into a world Body like cholera from fecal forces, ‘peacekeepers,’ poisoning Proud Haiti’s waters—killing over 10,000… Trumping the rule of law
Raymond Nat Turner , BAR poet-in-residence
Irma (and the 8 questions)
21 Sep 2017
My Sister-in-law, the Artist, propped her last painting up, as high as she could reach…
Raymond Nat Turner , BAR poet-in-residence
Capitalism’s the problem, not Kaepernick… NFL: Naked Fascist Labor (‘Relations’)
14 Sep 2017
32 mastuhs, versus 3 in the N-word industry fielding cyanide-tongued Toms. 32 money-worshipping medieval men with miniature Hearts—constipated souls:
Raymond Nat Turner , BAR poet-in-residence
Hurricane Harvey and His Siblings…
06 Sep 2017
“We are family…” Harvey, Ike, Matthew, sisters Sandy, Rita, Katrina Sing four part harmony top of their lungs Watching rivers rise, waist-deep water
Raymond Nat Turner , BAR poet-in-residence
A Li'l Somethin' for Dick Gregory
31 Aug 2017
A Li'l Somethin' for Dick Gregory by BAR poet in residence Raymond Nat Turner Our white-bearded cannon fell silent—
Raymond Nat Turner , BAR poet-in-residence
Patriot Act
17 Aug 2017
The white supremacist who drove his Dodge Challenger into a crowd of antiracist demonstrators in Charlottsville VA injuring 19 people and killing one probably thought he was a patriot.
Raymond Nat Turner , BAR poet-in-residence
Low Regard
19 Jul 2017
by BAR poet in residence Raymond Nat Turner Yesterday's news was that Donald Trump wishes he hadn't hired Jefferson Beauregard Sessions to be Attorney General. Sessions, who happens to be a lawyer…
Raymond Nat Turner , BAR poet-in-residence
Mengele Medicine… Free
12 Jul 2017
by BAR poet in residence Raynmond Nat Turner This week our poet examines the links between the blankets settlers distributed among Native Americans and capitalism's reckless disregard of human,…