Poem: “Black Poet, White Critic”

A critic advises
not to write on controversial subjects like freedom or murder,
but to treat universal themes
and timeless symbols
like the white unicorn.

A white unicorn?

“Black Poet, White Critic” from Roses and Revolutions: The Selected Writings of Dudley Randall, edited by Melba Joyce Boyd. Copyright ©2009 Wayne State University Press, with the permission of Wayne State University Press.