BPJ Winter 1978-1979 Vol. 29 No. 2

Winter 1978-1979 Vol. 29 No. 2

Chapbook 15: An Afro-American Chapbook


Michael Harper, Editor

Mari Evans
The Cage Alive with Vibrations	1
Isaac J. Black
The Assassin's Poem	2
Our Story	2-3
Poopie's Note	3-4
The Ring	4
Everett Hoagland
Nia: A Celebration of Purpose	5-9
Nate Johnson
The Subject of the Blues	10-11
Al Young
Jungle Strut	12
In a Mist	12-13
May Miller
Blazing Accusation	14-15
Love on the Cape	15-16
Nuptial Calendar	16
Melvin Dixon
Getting Rocks	17
Hungry Travel	18-19
Grandmother: Crossing Jordan	19-20
Etymology: A Father's Gift	20
Chill	21
Ntozake Shange
We Are Just Kinda That Way	22-25
Sybil Kein
'Mo Oulé Mourri Dan Lac Lá'	25-26
from Water Poems	26
Raymond R. Patterson
Dearest Phillis	27-32
Joan M. Martin
memories and rainy nights	33
song for Noel Pointer	33-34
Sonia Sanchez
Six Haikus and Two Tankas	34-35
Yusef Komunyakaa
Captain Nobones' Threnody	36
False Leads	37
from Family Tree	38-39
Chris Gilbert
Now	40-41
Song for Living	41-42
George Barlow
Facing the Prairie	43-44
American Pethora: MacCorporate MacDream	44-45
Dolores Kendrick
Josephine in the Jeu de Paume	46
Frustrated Genius	47