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Hurricane Song

Kevin Young on

Published in Poem Of The Day

out the hurricane
all night at my place-
we'll take cover like

the lamps & I'll
let you oil

my scalp. Please, I needs
a good woman's hands

caught in my hair, turning
my knots to butter.

All night we'll churn.
Dawn

will lean in too soon-
you'll leave out into

the wet world, winded
& alone, knowing

the me only
midnight sees.



About this poem
"'Hurricane Song' is an outtake from my book 'Jelly Roll: A Blues.' A series of such bonus tracks are included in my new book 'Blue Laws: Selected & Uncollected Poems 1995-2015,' due out in February of 2016."
-Kevin Young

About Kevin Young
Kevin Young is the author of "Book of Hours" (Knopf, 2014). He is the Candler Professor and curator at Emory University in Atlanta.

(c) 2015 Kevin Young. Originally published by the Academy of American Poets, www.poets.org. Distributed by King Features Syndicate


 


 

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