Don't Call us Dead by Danez Smith Hannah Sullivan This format makes it even

This format makes it even more suitable as a gift book for all those people you’re sure would love modern poetry if only they were familiar with these kinds of poems

Westcott’s poems are drawn directly from the natural world

His previous collections include The Pond

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Don't Call us Dead by Danez Smith Hannah Sullivan This format makes it evenAward winning poet Danez Smith is a groundbreaking force, celebrated for deft lyrics, urgent subjects, and performative power. Dont Call Us Dead opens with a heartrending sequence that imagines an afterlife for black men shot by police, a place where suspicion, violence, and grief are forgotten and replaced with the safety, love, and longevity they deserved here on earth. Smith turns then to desire, mortality, the dangers experienced in skin and body