Tate, Marvin 1999
Wednesday, January 27, 1999
Mixed Bag Series – 5 Chicago Performance Poets
with Nina Corwin, Kent Foreman, Regie Gibson, and Maria McCray
Mixed Bag Series – 5 Chicago Performance Poets
with Nina Corwin, Kent Foreman, Regie Gibson, and Maria McCray
she wants to reclaim her body
change it back to its original shape
like when she danced, you know she use
to dance, in the middle of a drum circle
– Marvin Tate, “Blue eggs for a blue poet”
Broadside of “Blue eggs for a blue poet” by Marvin Tate
Buy this broadside in the Mixed Bag series⇒
Read this article about Marvin Tate from the Chicago Tribune:
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I am the dark and ominous tower
your greenless, infertile backyard
the unsightly vista that you view
each morning, from your high rise
curtainless, kitchenette windows.
– Marvin Tate, “A Bruised Mood Over the Cabrini Green Projects”
Watch Marvin Tate recite his poem, “My Life to the Present,” on Def Jam Poetry:
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