The former National Underground Poetry Slam Champion was born in San Diego, where he lives.ĭavid Roderick is the author of the poetry collections “Blue Colonial” and “The Americans.” He is co-founder of Left Margin Lit: A Home for the Literary Arts, in Berkeley. Rudy Francisco is one of the most recognizable names in spoken-word poetry. Reprinted by permission of Button Poetry. Plugs in the sun and decides to crank the volume all the way up.įrom “Helium,” by Rudy Francisco. Through my stories like sprinklers on days when God Hoping these words will be theįire hydrant on your street corner and you will run That I keep behind my eyes with plans to baptize you There is an epic sleeping underneath my tongue and I haveĪ story worth telling so here I am, pouring the containers My fingers never learned how to play and all I know is that I can hardly recognize, a photocopy of an instrument He coughed like an old record playerĪnd it sounded like music, but what do I know? My father had teeth like piano keys, a trumpet With bottomless drums and songs that knew nothing I bought this book after devouring Helium which I received as a NetGalley ARC and adored. My father was a motley of sound, a funk band
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