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[by Simone Savannah]There are no words—no poems--to adequately describe the experience of the Furious Flower conference. To be there was an honor. To hear poets read and scholars discuss was an immersion into the past and the future of African American poetry.
We were treated to Rita Dove two-stepping down a Soul Train line; we stood next to Nikki Giovanni and heard Sonia Sanchez sing and cry. Frank X. Walker danced to "Skin Tight" by the Ohio Players. Ishmael Reed read work that made us laugh, and jessica Care moore's son brought us to our feet when he read an original poem.
We felt special to be that close to poetry and to participate in what many have called Joanne Gabbin's ‘’divine vision."
