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A review by cozy_soul_reads
The Tradition by Jericho Brown
challenging
emotional
hopeful
informative
lighthearted
sad
medium-paced
4.5
These poems felt raw, sweet, real, important to hear. I listened to the audiobook, it felt like I was at a poetry slam. This was such an impactful collection of poems, I listed some of my favorites below. And I am so grateful I got to listen and be inspired.
🍁 My Favorite Poems 🍁
Hero
After Avery R. Young
Duplex
I Know What I Love
Crossing
✨️ Lines I Loved ✨️
"There is the happiness you have. And the happiness you deserve."
"Story means lie."
"Sometimes you aint we. Sometimes you is everybody."
"A poem is a gesture towards home."
"I should be grateful. So I will be. No one on earth knows how many aborations happened before a woman risked her freedom, but giving that risk a name."
"I don't know who started the lie that we are lazy, but I'd love to wake that bastard up. I'd love to throw him in a truck and show him all the black people to every bus stop in America at 4 am waiting to work for what they want."
"Gradutude is black. Black as a hero returning from war, to a country that banked on his death. Thank god it can't get much darker than that."
🍁 My Favorite Poems 🍁
Hero
After Avery R. Young
Duplex
I Know What I Love
Crossing
✨️ Lines I Loved ✨️
"There is the happiness you have. And the happiness you deserve."
"Story means lie."
"Sometimes you aint we. Sometimes you is everybody."
"A poem is a gesture towards home."
"I should be grateful. So I will be. No one on earth knows how many aborations happened before a woman risked her freedom, but giving that risk a name."
"I don't know who started the lie that we are lazy, but I'd love to wake that bastard up. I'd love to throw him in a truck and show him all the black people to every bus stop in America at 4 am waiting to work for what they want."
"Gradutude is black. Black as a hero returning from war, to a country that banked on his death. Thank god it can't get much darker than that."