Kwame Dawes is the author of 22 books of poetry and numerous other books of fiction, criticism, and essays. His most recent collection, City of Bones: A Testament (Northwestern University Press), appeared in 2017. He teaches at the University of Nebraska and the Pacific MF A Program, is Director of the African Poetry Book Fund and Artistic Director of the Calabash International Literary Festival.

Other poems by Kwame Dawes in Verse Daily:
July 13, 2013:   "Death" "First your dog dies and you pray..."

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