Poets/Wanda Coleman

Wanda Coleman

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the thief has made me a gift of his night’s booty …

Wanda Coleman

i want to have your child …

Wanda Coleman

in my last incarnation i inoculated myself …

Wanda Coleman

the gates of mercy slammed on the right foot. …

Wanda Coleman

associations: years of being ashamed/my sometimes …

Wanda Coleman

This year the leaves turn red green black …

Wanda Coleman

dear Georgiana, …

Wanda Coleman

after the war the war begins the war goes on …

Wanda Coleman

and then there are the one-hit zombies …

Wanda Coleman

the winged thang built her dream palace …

Wanda Coleman

what bohunkian images i have of you …

Wanda Coleman

tired i count the ways in which it determines my life …

Wanda Coleman

can kill you …

Wanda Coleman

overcome by the stink of mildewed wash, i have …

Wanda Coleman

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