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Poem of the month: Imagination

January’s poem is by James Baldwin.

Beauford Delaney’s 1965 portrait of James Baldwin, painted on a bright yellow ground

On the first of every month, I send a poem to a random, and ever-expanding, group of past and present colleagues. I’ve been doing it for about 16 years.

This month’s is Imagination, by James Baldwin, from his only poetry collection, Jimmy’s Blues.

It’s in Jimmy’s Blues and Other Poems.

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