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The Surveillance Poems: 1-10

By Ashaki M. Jackson on April 13, 2016 in Poetry

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Ten poems from Surveillance, the powerful new collection from Ashaki M. Jackson, which Cultural Weekly has been honored to serialized. Over the course of 10 weeks, we were able to feature one poem per week from this book that explores police killings of Blacks captured on video and the public’s consumption of these videos.

Book is available here. 100% of proceeds from sales going to various organizations fighting police brutality, including BYP100, Black Lives Matter, Say Her Name.

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Fulcrum: the support about which a lever turns; the part of an animal that serves as a hinge or support

Professional Wrestling Holds

The Public Examines Black Resilience and is Dissatisfied

The Public Confuses Death with Pornography

The Speaker, Who is Black, Clarifies the Public’s Euphemisms

The Speaker, Who is Black, Interjects the Black Conflict

The Public is Generally Self-Taught and Uninformed

The Public Impresses Itself With Duplicity

Standard American Similes With Interchangeable Blacks

The Speaker, Who is Black, Offers a Reasonable Solution

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Ashaki M. Jackson

Ashaki M. Jackson

Ashaki M. Jackson is a social psychologist and poet who works with youth through research, evaluation and creative writing mentoring. She is a Cave Canem alumna, co-founder of Women Who Submit and a regional curator for #BlackPoetsSpeakOut. Her work appears in CURA and Prairie Schooner among other publications. Two chapbooks – SURVEILLANCE (Writ Large Press) and LANGUAGE LESSON (Miel) – are forthcoming in 2016.

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