SOUP by Kevin Latimer
Full length book of poetry — 6 x 9 | 86 pp.
release date: February 12th, 2024
excerpts:
" & when i ask God if he speaks our language, he turns to a flock of butterflies — swarm of fuchsia, pink, slightly blood-orange— & cries at our feet. "
Through the vortex of the Black sitcom, the soap opera, nostalgia, and fire, comes SOUP. These poems, images, choreopoems, and plays seek to find the light— 'Wherever it is. Whatever it is,' says THE FARMER. On the set of 'The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air,' there's a live studio audience, a protest, a long picket line.
ft. DJing sheep, the cast of 'The Fresh Prince of Bel-air," Oprah, Toshiaki Kawada, our fathers, Cleveland, maximalism, fire, sea foam waterfalls, quicksand, geese on watch, furniture patterns, roofs, minimalism, the 2007 NBA Eastern Conference Finals, telephone poles, Labor Day, doors, doors, doors.