Poetry

Prayer Flag Poems

by Hakim Bellamy
#7 This sound of children singing the sun upwill shape every last Himalayan snowflakeecho off…
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#7

by Hakim Bellamy
This sound of children singing the sun up will shape every last Himalayan snowflake echo…
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#12

by Hakim Bellamy
The network of caverns inside my heart has enough rooms for in-laws and aging parents.…
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#10

by Hakim Bellamy
You are a temple of mud and soul just like us         …
Patterns in sand/mud
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#11

by Hakim Bellamy
If I spell my name in bruised melanin and ink           …
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Stand: For Every Teacher I Ever Had or Hadn’t…

by Hakim Bellamy
As we express our gratitude to and for teachers around the U.S. this National Teacher Appreciation…
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The Care Economy

by Hakim Bellamy
“Every great moral and spiritual tradition points to the truth that in the giving of…
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About the author

The inaugural poet laureate of Albuquerque, Hakim Bellamy is also a W. K. Kellogg Foundation Fellow and a Kennedy Center Citizen Artist Fellow. A National Poetry Slam Champion, Bellamy’s first collection of poems, Swear, was awarded the Tillie Olsen Award for Creative Writing from the Working Class Studies Association. A musician, actor, educator, television host and two time National Poetry Slam Champion, Bellamy has facilitated writing workshops and performances in schools, prisons, hospitals, community and senior centers in at least five countries. To learn more about Hakim, visit beyondpoetryink.com.

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