Name: The Essential June Jordan
ISBN: 9780241508718

June Jordan

The June Jordan Literary Estate Trust

The Essential June Jordan

Marion

And this is for Crazy Horse singing as he dies

And this is for the victims of the bombing of Baghdad

 because the enemy traveled from my house to blast your homeland into pieces of children and pieces of sand

against the relentless laughter of evil there is less and less living room and where are my loved ones?

I wanted them to know it's not cheap or disgusting to love a Black revolutionary and as a matter of fact

I wanted them to know you'd better love a Black revolutionary before she gets the idea

This is truly one of the best poetry books I’ve ever read, most June jordan is unavailable in South Africa but being introduced to her work through this well curated collection is a blessing. I see why her work has inspired so much scholarship she was a gift to language