Speaking Through My Skin by Bruce A. Jacobs is a collection of 45 poems divided into sections entitled, "Flesh," Bone," and "Blood." They demonstrate his firm command of language and form and are full of surprises and original observations. The poet examines tough social and personal situations, interpreting and commenting with wit, irony, and biting humor. Speaking Through My Skin is the third annual winner of the Naomi Long Madgett Poetry Award.
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After The 200th White Person Locks Her Car Door At Me
Anchorage
Barter
The Beer Joint
Behind Her Garage Seems Safe
Black On Black
Church Lady
Cleaning Fish
Dark Alleys
Dark Horse
Family Reunion
Fast Forward
For Sale
Four Bars For Barry
Friendly Skies
Hanging Judge
Hindsight
Hypoxia
Independence Day
It's A Dog's Life
Lockjaw
Lost
Magic
Makeover
Man Of Steel
Manners
Masons
Mentoring
The Neighborhood
Overheard
Party
Pissoir
Rewind
Second Opinion
She Was Just As Blond
Summer Before I Took The S.a.t.
Taking The Fifth
The Third Degree
Thirty Years After Watching Johnny Quest On Tv
Trial Separation
Vivian, Take 57
While The Radio Warned Of Imminent War
-- Table of Poems from Poem Finder®
Anchorage
Barter
The Beer Joint
Behind Her Garage Seems Safe
Black On Black
Church Lady
Cleaning Fish
Dark Alleys
Dark Horse
Family Reunion
Fast Forward
For Sale
Four Bars For Barry
Friendly Skies
Hanging Judge
Hindsight
Hypoxia
Independence Day
It's A Dog's Life
Lockjaw
Lost
Magic
Makeover
Man Of Steel
Manners
Masons
Mentoring
The Neighborhood
Overheard
Party
Pissoir
Rewind
Second Opinion
She Was Just As Blond
Summer Before I Took The S.a.t.
Taking The Fifth
The Third Degree
Thirty Years After Watching Johnny Quest On Tv
Trial Separation
Vivian, Take 57
While The Radio Warned Of Imminent War
-- Table of Poems from Poem Finder®
About the Author
Bruce A. Jacobs is a poet and freelance writer presently living in Baltimore, Maryland. A native of Rochester, New York, and educated at Harvard, he has received a Maryland State Arts Council individual artist grant and writing residencies in the United States and abroad. His poems have appeared in such journals as American Writing and African American Review; he is author of one chapbook, Cathode Ray Blues, and an audiotape of his poems.
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