Title: Blue Light Lounge Sutra For The Performance Poets At Harold Park Hotel

the need gotta be
so deep words can't
answer simple questions
all night long notes
stumble off the tongue

Yusef Komunyakaa

Tag: inspirational poetry

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I am this space my body believes in.

Yusef Komunyakaa

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Now I have beaten a song back into you, rise and walk away like a panther.

Yusef Komunyakaa

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I ate mythology

Yusef Komunyakaa

Tag: dream myth mythology blackberries

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Foolhearted mindreader,
help us see how
the heart begs,
how fangs of opprobrium
possess our eyes.

Yusef Komunyakaa

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My doors enter from the sidestreet,
my windows painted basement black,
my mouth kisses the blues harp,
my heart hides like notes
locked in a cedar chest.

Yusef Komunyakaa

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I’ve been here before, dreaming myself
backwards, among grappling hooks of light.

True to the seasons, I’ve lived every word
spoken. Did I walk into someone’s nightmare?

Yusef Komunyakaa

Tag: poetry

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Whoever said men
hit harder when women
are around, is right.

Word for word,
we beat the love
out of each other.

Yusef Komunyakaa

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In the old days, the general's ribbons /

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