Jaamal May

Mar 3, 2025 | williamspivey.substack.com | Langston Hughes |Amanda Gorman |Terrance Hayes |Jaamal May

Poetry cleanses the palate; it exists independently or as part of a greater narrative. Here are nine magnificent poems, and one I wrote means something to me. None would survive a review by Ron DeSantis, that, and one. “The Hill We Climb,” recently made news by being banned in a Florida elementary school. Enjoy while you can!BY MAYA ANGELOUYou may write me down in historyWith your bitter, twisted lies,You may trod me in the very dirtBut still, like dust, I’ll rise. Does my sassiness upset you?