Foreman, Kent 1999; 2001
Mixed Bag Series – 5 Chicago Performance Poets
with Nina Corwin, Marvin Tate, Regie Gibson, and Maria McCray
It is the law:
seasons, best selling books and empires
come and go.
Babies are born to die,
bridges are built to one day fall
and shoes wear out.
– Kent Foreman, “It is the Law”
Broadside of “It is the Law” by Kent Foreman.
Buy this broadside in the Mixed Bag series⇒
Bring with you your anger on Saturday Nights
And your beautiful children,
their great eyes full of wonder
that hunger for your learning
I understand, young man, with your outraged confusion
that smolders upon corners.
– Kent Foreman, “Para Los Latinos (and Frederico Garcia Lorca)”
Watch Kent Foreman discuss and read his poem, “Epiphany:”
…Aw, baby, look!
This life is not no legend, David.
Underdogs is buried everyday.
Only fairy tales are filled with giant killers.
Man, let Goliath sleep. Or there’ll be hell to pay.
– Kent Foreman, “From Jonathan to David”
