the author wishes to thank the editors of the following publications in which poems in this collection first appeared in different form: frost illustrated—in the tradition; aloft on faith shoulders; cross river, remembering pete seeger; & i luv you for that, ruby, my dear; still like life i rise; stones cry out.

& rootfolks poets press—song for horace; blood, motion, memory braided experience, for chief béy & dr burroughs; for mumia & the martyrs; we are our afrikan gods; mistake <|> for the music of my lonely woman; & last call, for cecil taylor.