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A review by ariel937
The Tradition by Jericho Brown
"We use / Maps we did not draw. We see/ A sea so cross it. We see a moon / So land there. We love land so / Long as we can take it.”
simply spectacular. and the hype is really real. there were a few poems that you simply had to re-read to get the full magnitude of what he was saying, and even then i felt like there were bigger pieces that needed to be chewed on longer. this was another collection of poetry that i read for school but i wish i was given more time to read because there were some truly great poems in here. if you've seen this collection floating around but aren't a fan of poetry, i'd still recommend you check this out!
“I love black women/ Who plant flowers as sheepish as their sons. … My God, we leave / things green."
simply spectacular. and the hype is really real. there were a few poems that you simply had to re-read to get the full magnitude of what he was saying, and even then i felt like there were bigger pieces that needed to be chewed on longer. this was another collection of poetry that i read for school but i wish i was given more time to read because there were some truly great poems in here. if you've seen this collection floating around but aren't a fan of poetry, i'd still recommend you check this out!
“I love black women/ Who plant flowers as sheepish as their sons. … My God, we leave / things green."