Knight, Etheridge 1977
Vintage poster of a joint reading by Gwendolyn Brooks and Etheridge Knight at the Poetry Center of Chicago.
Compose for Red a proper verse;
Adhere to foot and strict iamb;
Control the burst of angry words
Or they might boil and break the dam.
– Etheridge Knight, “For Malcolm, A Year After”
Watch Etheridge Knight read some of his work at the Scranton Public Library Poetry Series:
Friends of the Scranton Public Library Poery Series: Etheridge Knight Pt. 1
This poetry reading is part of the Lackawanna Valley Digital Archives: http://content.lackawannadigitalarchives.org/cdm/ref/collection/fospl/id/0
