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Affrilachia
Poems
Frank X Walker
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Affrilachia
Poems
Frank X Walker
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A milestone book of poetry at the intersection of Appalachian and African American literature.
In this pathbreaking debut collection, poet Frank X Walker tells the story of growing up young, Black, artistic, and male in one of America's most misunderstood geographical regions. As a proud Kentucky native, Walker created the word "Affrilachia" to render visible the unique intersectional experience of African Americans living in the rural and Appalachian South.
Since its publication in 2000, Affrilachia has seen wide classroom use, and is recognized as one of the foundational works of the Affrilachian Poets, a community of writers offering new ways to think about diversity in the Appalachian region and beyond.
Published in 2000 by Old Cove Press
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Amerikanische PoesieViolins or Violen . . . ce
empty
depleted
dust dry tears
not drops
like tumbleweeds
rolling down
across my face
aching still for the children
hands cracked
from giving
fatigued
from filling sandbags
and sand hearts
with all that we are
trying to counter
not erase
years of neglect
generations of not knowing
not believing the difference
between
violins
and violen . . . ce
face to face
with certified
menaces to society
used to be
boyz in the hood
who come to us
in stereo
music jacked up so loud
the bass
jump-starts their hearts
every time they die
in their sleep
who bounce into the room
pants hip hopped
down low
rapped around imaginary waist
where their manseed
not manhood
should be
malnourished
from love deficient
hug-less diets
gangster rap lyrics
movies
and statistics
that scream
IF YOU SEE A BLACK FACE
IN THE MIRROR
KILL IT!
and that beautiful sistah
is just somebodyâs ho or bitch
and YO MAMMA . . .
you cannot defuse
legitimate anger
with a government check
from behind a desk
or by passing a collection plate
what is faith to those
who measure their lives
not with calendars
but with stopwatches
noosed comfortably
around their necks
who stay up all night
and live every minute
like itâs too short
or the last
one
with faded twisted
bald dreaded heads
that are simply
bus stops
for eyes
that havenât closed
since way before
x, rodney and king
even before tuskegee experiments
lynchings
and castrations
eyes that donât remember shut
that refuse to even blink
âless they miss some vital part
of their choreographed
insignificance
how do you fill up
the sometimes empty vessels
they are
as 911
becomes their reality
while old age
and equal opportunity
is just smoke
from a gun
fired point blank
at the symptom
and not the disease
these children
claim their manhood early
because they might not be here
when it comes
they raise hell
âcause nobody raised them
they worship defiant outspoken
light and sound shows
armed with remote controls
they select entertainment
over education
as if theyâre on death row
and are requesting
one last feel good
before they go out
with a bang
and they will
because they never heard
of medgar evers
a family man
and activist
shot in the back
in his own driveway
never heard of
fred hampton
betrayed by another panther
killed ...