Danez Smith is an important contemporary American poet whose Don’t Call Us Dead was a finalist for the National Book Award. They attended the University of Wisconsin-Madison and have won numerous poetry awards.
’C.R.E.A.M.’ by Danez Smith is a complex, moving poem that depicts a speaker’s personal life and speaks on the American racial wealth gap.Â
in the morning I think about money
green horned lord of my waking
forest in which I stumbled toward no salvation
prison made of emerald & pennies
The 17-Year-Old & the Gay Bar by Danez Smith is the story of a young person’s first time in a
the bullet was a girl is a poem centering around the themes of racism and anger. Danez Smith brings to