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| Property / title page transcription: COLLAGE | Poems | by | Mwatabu Okantah | [ornamentation] | Detroit | LOTUS PRESS | 1984 / qualifier | |||||||||||||||
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| Property / copyright statement transcription: Copyright © 1984 | by Mwatabu Okantah / qualifier | |||||||||||||||
| Property / copyright statement transcription: Copyright © 1984 | by Mwatabu Okantah / qualifier | |||||||||||||||
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| Property / copyright statement transcription: Copyright © 1984 | by Mwatabu Okantah / qualifier | |||||||||||||||
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[1] dedication | as i grow older, | i see him; | i see in him the strength | out of which i come: | grew up not really knowing him well. | on the way to becoming blue collar | middleclass, | i/he/we became lost | between six day factory | work week and little league. | when i was a baby | a factory accident | destroyed one of his eyes. | red circle moons call to mind | his blurring survivor. | |||||||||||||||
| Property / dedication statement transcription: [1] dedication | as i grow older, | i see him; | i see in him the strength | out of which i come: | grew up not really knowing him well. | on the way to becoming blue collar | middleclass, | i/he/we became lost | between six day factory | work week and little league. | when i was a baby | a factory accident | destroyed one of his eyes. | red circle moons call to mind | his blurring survivor. / rank | |||||||||||||||
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[2] i could never understand my mother's pained look, | him coming home late, | food cold, him | tumbling into gin-milled sleep...| but Christmases were always good. | i reaped the sweet sweat of his dreams. | i remember seeing him cry once. | |||||||||||||||
| Property / dedication statement transcription: [2] i could never understand my mother's pained look, | him coming home late, | food cold, him | tumbling into gin-milled sleep...| but Christmases were always good. | i reaped the sweet sweat of his dreams. | i remember seeing him cry once. / rank | |||||||||||||||
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[3]| i cried too. | unashamed, he | revealed his Self. | i remember his tears... | only now, i can say | i know him — | my father. | Wilbur Thomas Smith, Sr. | (1921- ) | |||||||||||||||
| Property / dedication statement transcription: [3]| i cried too. | unashamed, he | revealed his Self. | i remember his tears... | only now, i can say | i know him — | my father. | Wilbur Thomas Smith, Sr. | (1921- ) / rank | |||||||||||||||
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[4] this poetry is also dedicated to my wife, | Lanette (Zawadi) because she is the one who has | ultimately paid the price for me to finish this | manuscript. and our daughter, Janeia (Che- | kesha) because she is the "Bringer of Laughter" in our lives. | [ornamentation] | |||||||||||||||
| Property / dedication statement transcription: [4] this poetry is also dedicated to my wife, | Lanette (Zawadi) because she is the one who has | ultimately paid the price for me to finish this | manuscript. and our daughter, Janeia (Che- | kesha) because she is the "Bringer of Laughter" in our lives. | [ornamentation] / rank | |||||||||||||||
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[5] and a special note of gratitude to Lance Jeffers, | Joel Oppenheimer and Raymond Patterson for | caring enough to give me their valuable time. to | Gwendolyn Brooks, Naomi Long Madgett, and Lloyd Mills for their consistent encouragement. to | my mother for her patience and strength. and, finally, to the C-PAC family for being there in the | beginning. | Mwatabu | Cleveland, Ohio, 1984 | |||||||||||||||
| Property / dedication statement transcription: [5] and a special note of gratitude to Lance Jeffers, | Joel Oppenheimer and Raymond Patterson for | caring enough to give me their valuable time. to | Gwendolyn Brooks, Naomi Long Madgett, and Lloyd Mills for their consistent encouragement. to | my mother for her patience and strength. and, finally, to the C-PAC family for being there in the | beginning. | Mwatabu | Cleveland, Ohio, 1984 / rank | |||||||||||||||
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| Property / dedication statement transcription: [5] and a special note of gratitude to Lance Jeffers, | Joel Oppenheimer and Raymond Patterson for | caring enough to give me their valuable time. to | Gwendolyn Brooks, Naomi Long Madgett, and Lloyd Mills for their consistent encouragement. to | my mother for her patience and strength. and, finally, to the C-PAC family for being there in the | beginning. | Mwatabu | Cleveland, Ohio, 1984 / qualifier | |||||||||||||||
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First Edition | All Rights Reserved | |||||||||||||||
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Grateful acknowledgement is made to the following publ- | ications in which some of these poems have appeared: | Between Two Rivers; Calabash; Footwork '82; Footwork '83; | Grafica; Hell Is for Those Who Glitter; Indigene; Ju-Ju; | Nethula Journal; New York State Waterworks Project; The | Planet, the Person, & the Poem; and The Village Voice. | |||||||||||||||
| Property / acknowledgment statement transcription: Grateful acknowledgement is made to the following publ- | ications in which some of these poems have appeared: | Between Two Rivers; Calabash; Footwork '82; Footwork '83; | Grafica; Hell Is for Those Who Glitter; Indigene; Ju-Ju; | Nethula Journal; New York State Waterworks Project; The | Planet, the Person, & the Poem; and The Village Voice. / rank | |||||||||||||||
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| Property / acknowledgment statement transcription: Grateful acknowledgement is made to the following publ- | ications in which some of these poems have appeared: | Between Two Rivers; Calabash; Footwork '82; Footwork '83; | Grafica; Hell Is for Those Who Glitter; Indigene; Ju-Ju; | Nethula Journal; New York State Waterworks Project; The | Planet, the Person, & the Poem; and The Village Voice. / qualifier | |||||||||||||||
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5.00 https://blackbibliog.rutgers.edu/entity/Q257
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[4] 71 | |||||||||||||||
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Latest revision as of 21:36, 9 July 2024
1984 Lotus Press, Inc. Edition
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1984 Lotus Press, Inc. Edition |
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COLLAGE | Poems | by | Mwatabu Okantah | [ornamentation] | Detroit | LOTUS PRESS | 1984
title page verso
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Copyright © 1984 | by Mwatabu Okantah
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Printed in the United States of America
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[1] dedication | as i grow older, | i see him; | i see in him the strength | out of which i come: | grew up not really knowing him well. | on the way to becoming blue collar | middleclass, | i/he/we became lost | between six day factory | work week and little league. | when i was a baby | a factory accident | destroyed one of his eyes. | red circle moons call to mind | his blurring survivor.
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[2] i could never understand my mother's pained look, | him coming home late, | food cold, him | tumbling into gin-milled sleep...| but Christmases were always good. | i reaped the sweet sweat of his dreams. | i remember seeing him cry once.
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[3]| i cried too. | unashamed, he | revealed his Self. | i remember his tears... | only now, i can say | i know him — | my father. | Wilbur Thomas Smith, Sr. | (1921- )
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[4] this poetry is also dedicated to my wife, | Lanette (Zawadi) because she is the one who has | ultimately paid the price for me to finish this | manuscript. and our daughter, Janeia (Che- | kesha) because she is the "Bringer of Laughter" in our lives. | [ornamentation]
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[5] and a special note of gratitude to Lance Jeffers, | Joel Oppenheimer and Raymond Patterson for | caring enough to give me their valuable time. to | Gwendolyn Brooks, Naomi Long Madgett, and Lloyd Mills for their consistent encouragement. to | my mother for her patience and strength. and, finally, to the C-PAC family for being there in the | beginning. | Mwatabu | Cleveland, Ohio, 1984
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Grateful acknowledgement is made to the following publ- | ications in which some of these poems have appeared: | Between Two Rivers; Calabash; Footwork '82; Footwork '83; | Grafica; Hell Is for Those Who Glitter; Indigene; Ju-Ju; | Nethula Journal; New York State Waterworks Project; The | Planet, the Person, & the Poem; and The Village Voice.
title page verso
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0916418561
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5.00 https://blackbibliog.rutgers.edu/entity/Q257
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[4] 71
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photograph of Mwatabu Okantah on back cover
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unattributed cover drawing
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