Upland, California: Blackbird Press, 2021. A signed, limited edition broadside of this poem, which originally appeared in the Poem-A-Day program from the Academy of American Poets. Herrera, the U.S. Poet Laureate from 2015 to 2017, said: “I had been wanting to write a poem dedicated to George Floyd and Ahmaud Arbery for a while. After a few drafts, the poems felt forced. This piece was the last attempt. Gwendolyn Brooks came to the rescue—her hammering ‘we,’ and her complex simplicity. And a barely visible tint of Ginsberg.”

This broadside was printed in an edition 150, of which 100 were keepsakes for the 2021 Parenthesis 41. This is number 18. Jean Gillingswators designed and printed the poem, using a printing technique to fade the “we” at the end of each line to evoke the dying struggle of George Floyd.

The broadside is printed on white and gray textured 7 ½” x 11” stock in black ink. Fine. Fine. Item #73928

Price: $100.00