By Michael Tyler, EJS Poet-in-Residence The title of this commentary is taken directly from what became the most spoken idiomatic phrase in the country, over the past 5 months. It came up during a conversation I had recently with an individual, regarding the current mood of African Americans in the country. The discussion was broadContinueContinue reading “Understand the Assignment, by Michael Tyler”
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A Veteran’s Salute, by Michael Tyler
By Michael Tyler, EJS Poet-in-Residence The Black Power Movement was in full swing during the Vietnam War. When many Black soldiers arrived to the battlefields, they took with them, as a gesture of cultural solidarity, the raising of the Black Power fist. White soldiers and officers took offense to the gesture, even equating it withContinueContinue reading “A Veteran’s Salute, by Michael Tyler”
From A Moment of Darkness, by Michael Tyler
By Michael Tyler, EJS Poet-in-Residence Darkness. The absence of light. The deepness of color. The oblivion of emotion. We marvel at it veiling us, in the expanse of the night. We’re rapt by its opacity, in a black velvet dress. We fathom its endlessness, in a pitch-black well. We also sense its wickedness, in theContinueContinue reading “From A Moment of Darkness, by Michael Tyler”