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Long Night Full Moon by D. A. Powell

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February 26, 2016
 

Long Night Full Moon

 
D. A. Powell
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About This Poem

 

“This poem was inspired by the death of Michael Brown, particularly the way in which Brown’s death and the ensuing protests were covered (or, in many cases, not covered) on mainstream media. Social media and the #BlackLivesMatter movement kept this story from being buried or ignored. This poem is about witness, the most powerful tool we have against injustice and state-sponsored violence, terror, discrimination, and murder. The poem is not an elegy. It is a report on America.”
—D. A. Powell

 

D. A. Powell is the author of Repast: Tea, Lunch, Cocktails (Graywolf Press, 2014). He is the 2016 Tin House/Portland State University writer-in-residence and splits his time between Portland, Oregon, and San Francisco.

 

Photo credit: Matt Valentine

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