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While Whitman said the poet was a prophet, Knight suggested that the poet was a "meddler" who formed a trinity with the poem and the reader. Much of his verse was collected in The Essential Etheridge Knight (). In much of his poetry the arc suggests that imprisonment of the black person constituted a kind of extension of slavery. find poems find poets poem-a-day library (texts, books more) materials for teachers poetry near you Hard Rock Returns to Prison from the Hospital for the Criminal Insane Etheridge Knight - Etheridge Knight Biography Etheridge Knight was an African-American poet who became a notable poet in with his debut volume, Poems from Prison. Biography Etheridge Knight was born on Ap in Corinth, Mississippi. He was one of seven children in a poor family, and only completed a ninth-grade education.

While in prison, Knight began to write poetry, and he corresponded with, and received visits from, Black literary luminaries such as Dudley Randall and Gwendolyn Brooks. His first collection, Poems from Prison () included the following text on its back cover: “I died in Korea from a shrapnel wound, and narcotics resurrected me. I died in from a prison sentence and poetry brought me back to life.”. By Etheridge Knight. Leslie (Les) Levine. Poems from Prison. POEMS FROM PRISON by etheridge knight (Broadside Press, Old Mill Place·, Detroit, Mich. , $ A REVIEW It is difficult to gauge the potential impact of this slender but unbelievably powerful volume of poems by the black poet Etheridge Knight. Written in the.