Commissions Y Corridos: Poems

Hakim Bellamy's latest collection rings with the same power and grace as the people he lauds within its pages, including Nikki Giovanni and Martin Luther King Jr. He celebrates Albuquerque and New Mexico, taking the good with the bad, and reminds Burques that any day when you wake up along the R卲 Grande is a good day. As Bellamy celebrates the power of creativity and community within the city and the nation, he also demands that we face our society's faults, especially those of racism, racial profiling, and law-enforcement violence. The poems collected here insist that with the power to do right, people also have a responsibility to themselves, their loved ones, and complete strangers to be better and strive harder. Undoubtedly Bellamy is leading this charge, lighting the way for anyone ready to listen.

Author: Hakim Bellamy
Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: University of New Mexico Press
Published: 08/15/2021
Series: The Albuquerque Poet Laureate
Pages: 96
Weight: 0.3lbs
Size: 8.90h x 7.70w x 0.40d
ISBN: 9780826363176