Tag Archives: Yusef Komunyakaa

Joseph Massey – Week 18 Chapbook Chart 2020

Posted on May 2, 2020 by chapchart

In his chapbook, Present Conditions, Joseph Massey writes that “the weather within / is the weather without.” His poems chronicle a difficult winter where the universe grows colder, his speaker taking all day to “filter out the debris of a … Continue reading →

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Yusef Komunyakaa – Week 17 Chapbook Chart 2020

Posted on April 25, 2020 by chapchart

The poems in Night Animals, by Yusef Komunyakaa, climb so deeply into the being of various beasts, from cricket to leopard to snowy owl, that we read them with an uncanny shiver of recognition. Without ever fully abandoning his human skin, … Continue reading →

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Yusef Komunyakaa – Week 16 Chapbook Chart 2020

Posted on April 18, 2020 by chapchart

The poems in Night Animals, by Yusef Komunyakaa, climb so deeply into the being of various beasts, from cricket to leopard to snowy owl, that we read them with an uncanny shiver of recognition. Without ever fully abandoning his human … Continue reading →

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