by The Repeat Beat Poet | Jul 31, 2022 | Featured, Poetry
An Englishman’s Right (1978) A bitter sky hung above, people pushed past, wanting to get home, on tenterhooks. Birmingham, home to division and Enoch Powell, prophesying ‘Rivers of blood.’ Racism ingrained, transfused via jokes told by Stand-Up...
by The Repeat Beat Poet | Jul 30, 2022 | Featured, Poetry
Dasheen Tuesday: a mountain of rice, one roast potato, two pieces of fried fish with bones and skin softened through oil, draped in sour rings of pepper and onion, home made coleslaw, tea. The plate is piled high and hot before you even take off...
by The Repeat Beat Poet | Jul 29, 2022 | Featured, Poetry
Magic Will Snowball Once I get out of bed magic will snowball at breakneck pace My 0-60 a thing of beauty I step out of my body Transfixed Step back in Jump out of my head into my body An optimal state Hard for me to access But I’m stubborn Call...
by The Repeat Beat Poet | Jul 28, 2022 | Featured, Poetry
God Save the People After ‘Decentring Whiteness’ by Darius Simpson the saying goes Black Lives Matter the saying goes Eat the Rich the saying goes celebrate the Queen’s Jubilee let’s talk about how every monarch between Elizabeth I and George III...
by The Repeat Beat Poet | Jul 27, 2022 | Featured, Poetry
Background Title This poem is called listen to the background noise or have a chat with the person next to you or I wonder what they’ll say next or I love overhearing breakups or they were roommates or I wrote this at a poetry reading hosted...
