Create your own Poetic Libretto (16 pages of poetry and photos) and send it to donkingfishercampbell@gmail.com by Friday, October 31st. Your Poetic Libretto will be posted on this website, and you will be invited to perform it at the 3rd Annual Celebration of the Poetic Libretto on Saturday Afternoon Poetry's Zoom channel this coming November 29th between 3 and 5 pm PST.

Thursday, June 12, 2025

Speaking Out Loud... by Marvinlouis Dorsey

 Speaking Out Loud

Without

Writing a damn word

 

A

Bobby John Press

Poetic Libretto

 

Marvinlouis



























                                                                             Took

train

ride

 

so

i

could

see

 

what

most

eyes

 

are

a-

fraid

ta look

at

 

my

dear

love

 

who

would

hate me

for

sho-

win

the truth

 



I

took

the

pic-

tures

 

but

didn’t

write

the

words

 

for

those

who

did

 

i

ap-

plaud

you

 

for

taking

the path

into

 

rubber bullets

tear gas


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