Great Poetry, glad he was on your platform to discuss his poetry collection!!
@jaem.1565
6 жыл бұрын
I think since slavery Black people have used music, art and poetry to save ourselves. Even if it doesn't save the author, it uplifts the community and saves and nourishes our spirituality. IF you look at every genre of music that is considered American, Jazz, Soul, Funk, Hip Hop, R & B, Rock, Dance it all came from African Americans and it all has a cathartic underbelly. Kendrick Lamar became the first rapper to win a Pulitzer and that was the first mainstream recognition that AA music is poetry and social commentary. When Hayes reads his poetry I can hear the musicality beneath it. Its in the rhythm and tenor of his voice and the beat of the words.
@gotf
6 жыл бұрын
100%!!! I think we also use art as a way to maintain our stories and our history. Slaves would use songs as coded messages to each other and pass down our stories and myths that way. I think Toni Morrison represents our use of storytelling brilliantly in her book Songs of Solomon.
@aktake2
6 жыл бұрын
Excellent talk post reading
@romanbjohnson
5 жыл бұрын
Love this!
@dom19945
6 жыл бұрын
Hayes is a great poet, but completely completely tone-deaf on Trump and conservatism.
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