Rogers, Kenyatta 2014; 2023
Wednesday, October 18, 2023
Blue Hour Reading Series with Kenyatta Rogers and Marcy Rae Henry
Haymarket House
Blue Hour Reading Series with Kenyatta Rogers and Marcy Rae Henry
Haymarket House
I had a dream
that I read a poem
to a woman
and cried
at how beautiful
it was
and she cried
at how beautiful
that was
and I thought
how even my
thoughts are
a problem.
– Kenyatta Rogers, “The Most Beautifullest Thing”
Watch Kenyatta Rogers’ 2023 reading with Marcy Rae Henry at the Chicago Poetry Center:
Kenyatta Rogers begins at 19:28 minutes.
I never missed that $60,
I could spend it easily.
I can take the stairs,
I have fingers and can use buttons.
Before lightning there should be thunder
and if there’s not, it’s still ok.
– Kenyatta Rogers, “Bruce Banner #3”
Listen to Kenyatta Rogers, with Hannah Gamble, read for the Poetry Center of Chicago’s Six Points Reading Series:
Listen to Kenyatta Rogers read “Carpet Bomb”:
