Jamila Woods
When I started writing poetry, it was always in very hip-hop influenced spaces: Someone would teach a Nas song side-by-side with a Gwendolyn Brooks poem, and we'd talk about the connections between those things.
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I'll meet the raging of the skies...If I love you, what business is it of yours...In the depth of winter I finally learned...Those who do not want to imitate anything...I was a smart kid, but I hated school...I remember when the candle shop burned down...