These poems are part of a special section of the Mid-Atlantic Review, Celebrating Black History, and selected by editors Khadijah Ali-Coleman, Carolivia Herron, and Rebecca Bishophall. To learn more about this series read a blog post on the Day Eight website here.<>br>
Black (prep): To
by Sidney Jones, Jr.
Lost skinfolk: compass
needles still point northward. Come
home when you need to.
Sidney Jones, Jr., Ed. D is an educator and displaced Louisiana native who lives, works, writes, and haunts open mic poetry readings in Columbus, Ohio. He has been an English educator in the Columbus City Schools District for the past 25 years, and has coached high school Poetry Slam teams and conducted writing workshops for young poets.
Featured image in the post is “Jean Batten’s Compass” by Richard Ng, Auckland Museum, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
