Chime

by Len Lawson

Poetry. African & African American Studies. "Len Lawson's CHIME is the rough melody reverberating from the whirlwind of these times and past times, touching the singular and collective Black body. While the poems have a broad preoccupation with mortality and trauma, they are ultimately life-affirming. This collection reminds us that the grief and anxiety in the Black community are only recognition that what is far too often, too brutally and too unjustly lost is substantial, important and invaluable. Here are words that you need to read, that we all do." --Cortney Lamar Charleston

Genres: Poetry

66 pages, Paperback

Published March 1, 2019

Reviews

[Drew · Rating 4 out of 5]

"Groundhog Day" is the kind of poem that deserves to be anthologized as often as possible. A powerful confrontation with the horrors of police brutality, this unrelenting piece resonates as a poetic response to and embodiment of the Black Lives Matter call-to-action. There's plenty else to enjoy too -- Lawson plays with form, language, and ideas with equal aplomb -- but "Groundhog Day" is the one verse that really sticks in my brain.

[Leslie · Rating 1 out of 5]

read this for class...