“Red Wilderness"

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Draft of the poem "Another Strange Land: Downpour Off Cape Hatteras (March, 1864)." The form is strophic, the lines moving across the page like water.
Second page of the poem "Another Strange Land: Downpour Off Cape Hatteras (March, 1864)."
Draft of the poem "A Fire She Loved." The form is strophic, broken up into stanzas of different lengths.
Typed draft of the poem "American Football." The form is strophic stanzas of different lengths and various lines are indented.
Typed draft of the "Negro Reverend of an All-White Church, Pennsylvania, 1941." The form is strophic stanzas of different lengths.
Typed draft of the poem "Viciousness in Ends." The form is a palindrome of tercets with caesuras, or white space between th
Typed draft of the poem "In the City of Tenderness and Desperate Promises." The form includes five quatrains and one couplet.
Typed draft of the poem "St. Trigger." The form employs white space between the words to create rhythm across the page.
Typed draft of the poem "Rich." The form is a prose poem in a dictionary definition style after A. Van Jordan.
Typed draft of the poem "I Found Kin in a Thrift Store Photograph." The form includes twelve couplets.
Title
“Red Wilderness"
Description
This poetry submission won Coleman the 2020 NEA Creative Writing Fellowship and some of its poems are forthcoming in Coleman´s next book, scheduled for publication in 2024.
Date
2020
Type
Manuscripts
Format
Typed manuscript of poems, 9 pages
JPEG, 300 ppi.
Creator
Coleman, Aaron
Extent
8.5 X 11
Language
English
Medium
Paper
Publisher
Another Strange Land first appeared in Academy of American Poets Poem-a-Day on March 24th, 2020, forthcoming in Red Wilderness (Four Way Books, 2024).

A Fire She Loved first appeared in On the Seawall in April, 2019, forthcoming in Red Wilderness (Four Way Books, 2024).

American Football first appeared in On the Seawall in April, 2019, forthcoming in Red Wilderness (Four Way Books, 2024).

Negro Reverend first appeared in The Missouri Review as Poem of the Week, October 28th, 2019, forthcoming in Red Wilderness (Four Way Books, 2024).

Viciousness in Ends first appeared in Pinwheel in fall 2015, later published in St Trigger, (Button Poetry, 2016) and Threat Come Close (Four Way Books, 2018).

In the City of Tenderness first appeared in What Rough Beast on Sept. 29th, 2019, forthcoming in Red Wilderness (Four Way Books, 2024).

St. Trigger first appeared in Pinwheel in fall 2015, later published in St Trigger, (Button Poetry, 2016) and Threat Come Close (Four Way Books, 2018).

Rich first published in St Trigger, (Button Poetry, 2016) and Threat Come Close (Four Way Books, 2018).

I Found Kin first appeared in The Missouri Review as Poem of the Week, June 24th, 2019 and on Tracy K. Smith's podcast The Slowdown on Aug 24th, 2020, forthcoming in Red Wilderness (Four Way Books, 2024).
Relation
The covert art for St. Trigger features a Catholic stained-glass window in shades of blue, including different haloed Saints.St. Trigger, Minneapolis, Minnesota: Button Poetry/Exploding Pinecone Press
The covert art for Threat Come Close features a young Black man with a cast on his left arm seated in a metal folding chair reaching up to angle a heat lamp towards his upturned face. The lighting is dark, and he is cast partly in shadows. The title of the book Threat Come Close is in black all caps, and Coleman's name is listed in the bottom in white text.Threat Come Close, Tribeca, New York, NY: Four Way Books
Source
File — Box: 1, Folder: 6
Poem Submission That Won 2020 NEA Creative Writing Fellowship, 2020
Identifier
MSS172-02-01-06-Red-Wilderness-NEA-Fellowship-2020.pdf
Rights
Rights Statements
Item sets
Wherein I am: Highlights from the Aaron Coleman Papers
Site pages
“Red Wilderness,” 2020
Media
Draft of the poem "Another Strange Land: Downpour Off Cape Hatteras (March, 1864)." The form is strophic, the lines moving across the page like water.“Red Wilderness,” 2020
Second page of the poem "Another Strange Land: Downpour Off Cape Hatteras (March, 1864)."“Red Wilderness,” pg. 2
Draft of the poem "A Fire She Loved." The form is strophic, broken up into stanzas of different lengths. “Red Wilderness,” pg. 3
Typed draft of the poem "American Football." The form is strophic stanzas of different lengths and various lines are indented.“Red Wilderness,” pg. 4
Typed draft of the "Negro Reverend of an All-White Church, Pennsylvania, 1941." The form is strophic stanzas of different lengths.“Red Wilderness,” pg. 5
Typed draft of the poem "Viciousness in Ends." The form is a palindrome of tercets with caesuras, or white space between th“Red Wilderness,” pg. 6
Typed draft of the poem "In the City of Tenderness and Desperate Promises." The form includes five quatrains and one couplet.“Red Wilderness,” pg. 7
Typed draft of the poem "St. Trigger." The form employs white space between the words to create rhythm across the page.“Red Wilderness,” pg. 8
Typed draft of the poem "Rich." The form is a prose poem in a dictionary definition style after A. Van Jordan.“Red Wilderness,” pg. 9
Typed draft of the poem "I Found Kin in a Thrift Store Photograph." The form includes twelve couplets.“Red Wilderness,” pg. 10

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A large print of the poem "Viciousness in Ends." A palindrome that uses white space between words.¨Viciousness in Ends” large print of poem poster paper

Coleman, Aaron, ““Red Wilderness"”, Another Strange Land first appeared in Academy of American Poets Poem-a-Day on March 24th, 2020, forthcoming in Red Wilderness (Four Way Books, 2024). A Fire She Loved first appeared in On the Seawall in April, 2019, forthcoming in Red Wilderness (Four Way Books, 2024). American Football first appeared in On the Seawall in April, 2019, forthcoming in Red Wilderness (Four Way Books, 2024). Negro Reverend first appeared in The Missouri Review as Poem of the Week, October 28th, 2019, forthcoming in Red Wilderness (Four Way Books, 2024). Viciousness in Ends first appeared in Pinwheel in fall 2015, later published in St Trigger, (Button Poetry, 2016) and Threat Come Close (Four Way Books, 2018). In the City of Tenderness first appeared in What Rough Beast on Sept. 29th, 2019, forthcoming in Red Wilderness (Four Way Books, 2024). St. Trigger first appeared in Pinwheel in fall 2015, later published in St Trigger, (Button Poetry, 2016) and Threat Come Close (Four Way Books, 2018). Rich first published in St Trigger, (Button Poetry, 2016) and Threat Come Close (Four Way Books, 2018). I Found Kin first appeared in The Missouri Review as Poem of the Week, June 24th, 2019 and on Tracy K. Smith's podcast The Slowdown on Aug 24th, 2020, forthcoming in Red Wilderness (Four Way Books, 2024)., 2020, Wherein I am: Highlights from the Aaron Coleman Papers, accessed September 10, 2024, https://digitalexhibits.library.wustl.edu/s/whereiniam/item/45259