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© 2022 Duke University Press, Durham, USA

Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter i
  2. Contents vi
  3. Preface ix
  4. Introduction: Celes Tisdale’s Poetry Workshop at Attica 1
  5. Introduction to the Original Printing of Betcha Ain’t 25
  6. Betcha Ain’t
  7. Forget? 31
  8. The Autumn Song 32
  9. Speed 32
  10. Attica Reflections 33
  11. Some Haiku 34
  12. Dialing 34
  13. 1st Page 36
  14. Tears 36
  15. Sleep 36
  16. People 36
  17. To Moms 37
  18. Cage Kill Label 38
  19. 13th of Genocide 39
  20. Dainty-Stepping Peaches 40
  21. Brown-Eyed Devil 40
  22. Revolution Is 41
  23. Buffalo 41
  24. Pre-sentence Report 42
  25. Quit Dreaming 42
  26. The Cure 42
  27. Tempting 43
  28. Polarization 44
  29. Today 44
  30. Nature 44
  31. Good Old Days 44
  32. A Thought 45
  33. Solidarity and/or the More with the United Merrier 46
  34. Mahalia 47
  35. Running It 48
  36. Formula for Attica Repeats 49
  37. Betcha Ain’t 50
  38. Just Another Page 52
  39. The Red-Neck Coke Machine 54
  40. Black Dolphin 54
  41. Out of Black Love 57
  42. Haiku 58
  43. Cinquain 58
  44. Potato Chip Song Lady 58
  45. Hop-Sing, Lesson No. 1 59
  46. Little Girl 59
  47. Night Flight to Hanoi 60
  48. What Makes a Man Free? 62
  49. Extremist! 63
  50. Guess Who 63
  51. Ain’t It the Truth 63
  52. A Humble Muslim 64
  53. At Last 65
  54. Age 65
  55. Black Women!! 66
  56. Sept. 13 66
  57. Was It Necessary? 68
  58. Poet 70
  59. Celes Tisdale’s Attica Poem and Journal
  60. The Men 73
  61. Attica — A Diary (From the Outside/Inside) 75
  62. When the Smoke Cleared
  63. Rain Song 105
  64. The Hermit’s Ghost 106
  65. The Odyssey of Louie Fats 106
  66. ATTICKA ATTICKA 117
  67. Synopsis of a Hummingbird 118
  68. Rise On 119
  69. Mercy Killing 120
  70. City Interlude 120
  71. /PRISON POETS/ 121
  72. A Stretch-Sketch 121
  73. Weekend in a Springhill Mine 123
  74. The Battle of Joe Meek 123
  75. Sounds of Silence 125
  76. “ The Death of Bang-Bang Charlie” 125
  77. Shadows 126
  78. Palm Sunday 127
  79. “Olé” 128
  80. Applause to Archie Shepp & Co. 130
  81. The End of Summer 130
  82. Twelve Past the Hour of Forty-Three: Attica — Sept. 13, 1971 131
  83. Epilogue: Remember This 133
  84. Acknowledgments 135
  85. Appendix: Workshop Documents 137
When the Smoke Cleared
This chapter is in the book When the Smoke Cleared
https://doi.org/10.1515/9781478023579-032

Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter i
  2. Contents vi
  3. Preface ix
  4. Introduction: Celes Tisdale’s Poetry Workshop at Attica 1
  5. Introduction to the Original Printing of Betcha Ain’t 25
  6. Betcha Ain’t
  7. Forget? 31
  8. The Autumn Song 32
  9. Speed 32
  10. Attica Reflections 33
  11. Some Haiku 34
  12. Dialing 34
  13. 1st Page 36
  14. Tears 36
  15. Sleep 36
  16. People 36
  17. To Moms 37
  18. Cage Kill Label 38
  19. 13th of Genocide 39
  20. Dainty-Stepping Peaches 40
  21. Brown-Eyed Devil 40
  22. Revolution Is 41
  23. Buffalo 41
  24. Pre-sentence Report 42
  25. Quit Dreaming 42
  26. The Cure 42
  27. Tempting 43
  28. Polarization 44
  29. Today 44
  30. Nature 44
  31. Good Old Days 44
  32. A Thought 45
  33. Solidarity and/or the More with the United Merrier 46
  34. Mahalia 47
  35. Running It 48
  36. Formula for Attica Repeats 49
  37. Betcha Ain’t 50
  38. Just Another Page 52
  39. The Red-Neck Coke Machine 54
  40. Black Dolphin 54
  41. Out of Black Love 57
  42. Haiku 58
  43. Cinquain 58
  44. Potato Chip Song Lady 58
  45. Hop-Sing, Lesson No. 1 59
  46. Little Girl 59
  47. Night Flight to Hanoi 60
  48. What Makes a Man Free? 62
  49. Extremist! 63
  50. Guess Who 63
  51. Ain’t It the Truth 63
  52. A Humble Muslim 64
  53. At Last 65
  54. Age 65
  55. Black Women!! 66
  56. Sept. 13 66
  57. Was It Necessary? 68
  58. Poet 70
  59. Celes Tisdale’s Attica Poem and Journal
  60. The Men 73
  61. Attica — A Diary (From the Outside/Inside) 75
  62. When the Smoke Cleared
  63. Rain Song 105
  64. The Hermit’s Ghost 106
  65. The Odyssey of Louie Fats 106
  66. ATTICKA ATTICKA 117
  67. Synopsis of a Hummingbird 118
  68. Rise On 119
  69. Mercy Killing 120
  70. City Interlude 120
  71. /PRISON POETS/ 121
  72. A Stretch-Sketch 121
  73. Weekend in a Springhill Mine 123
  74. The Battle of Joe Meek 123
  75. Sounds of Silence 125
  76. “ The Death of Bang-Bang Charlie” 125
  77. Shadows 126
  78. Palm Sunday 127
  79. “Olé” 128
  80. Applause to Archie Shepp & Co. 130
  81. The End of Summer 130
  82. Twelve Past the Hour of Forty-Three: Attica — Sept. 13, 1971 131
  83. Epilogue: Remember This 133
  84. Acknowledgments 135
  85. Appendix: Workshop Documents 137
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