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Kevin Young is a contemporary American poet and teacher. He’s worked as the director of the Smithsonian Institution National Museum of African American History and Culture. He’s the author of For The Confederate Dead, Dear Darkness, Blues Laws: Selected and Uncollected Poems 1995–2015. His poetry has been included in a wide array of publications.
‘Everywhere Is Out of Town’ is a poetic tribute to The James Brown band, popularly knows as the J.B.’s. The poem was first published in a poetry journal in 1993.
Beanville. Tea
party. Five black cats
& a white boy. Chitlin
circuit. Gravy-colored suits,
‘Errata’ by Kevin Young is a love lyric that talks about how much the poet loves his beloved. But the expression of the poem is a little bit odd.
Kevin Young’s masterpiece uses short couplets and single lines to emphasize the gritty nature of this love poem. Like some of his contemporaries, he focuses on the darker side of love and what it can do to a person.
I am hoping to hang your head on my wall in shame—
Young’s ‘Ode to the Hotel Near the Children’s Hospital’ captures the anxious wait of parents, finding solace in a nearby hotel’s comforts.
‘Quivira City Limits’ is a poem about the poet Kevin Young’s nostalgia concerning his childhood days in Topeka, Kansas. Though he was born in Lincoln, Nebraska, he had grown a deep attachment with the lush fields of the city precincts.
Pull over. Your car with its slow
breathing. Somewhere outside Topekait suddenly all matters again,
those tractors blooming rust
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