“Temptation of the Rope” by Reginald Dwayne Betts (poetry, ’10)

Short audio and a poem from Reginald Dwayne Betts (poetry, ’10) appears in PoetryNow on Poetry Foundation:

Temptation of the Rope

The link between us all
is tragedy, & these so many years
later, I am thinking about him,
all of twenty & gay & more free
than any of us might ever be,

… continue listening here.