Poet of the Month: Kwame Dawes
“Even when there is pomp and splendor there is probably a streak of fecal matter in the briefs of the King.” The Missing Slate’s Poet of the Month, Kwame Dawes, in conversation with Jamie Osborn.
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Round 1: Ghana-Pakistan
‘Home nation’ Pakistan face a tough first-round match.
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Purgatory
“I learned I would die/ someday, and the fast car will get you there/ long before death…”
By Kwame Dawes.
Outside the Courthouse
“…the colonel/ with his special bloody unit,/ …the preacher preaching of gifts/ waiting on the other side/ of these shadows.” By Kwame Dawes, part of our Caribbean writers feature.
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