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Preface to my book, “Black Shadows and through the White Looking Glass”

Posted on February 3, 2014 by William Eric Waters, aka Easy Waters

Preamble  From slavery to freedom. From pre-colonialism to post-modernism. From revolution to reactionism. From the War for Independence             to the Civil War From the slave enlistment bill             to Selective Service. From Articles of Confederation             to the Confederacy. … Continue reading →

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Even a Black Poet is Considered Armed and Extremely Dangerous

Posted on January 20, 2014 by William Eric Waters, aka Easy Waters

(For Henry Dumas) It was a time when a president, a presidential candidate, a Prince of Peace, a Black knight in shining armor, and Black Panthers, were gunned down. Assassinations with political ramifications. But who’d think that a poet would … Continue reading →

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Nelson Mandela — On Love, Commitment and Freedom

Posted on December 6, 2013 by William Eric Waters, aka Easy Waters

This is an excerpt from an essay I wrote a number of years ago about Nelson and Winnie Mandela: I think we also have to break away from the bourgeois tradition of romantic love which isn’t necessarily about creating the … Continue reading →

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For Black People and All Peoples who Supported the Right to Vote for Blacks

Posted on November 5, 2013 by William Eric Waters, aka Easy Waters

Vote! There was a time when Black people and all women could not vote in this country. The Union was formed in 1776, and Black men did not get the right to vote until 1870, with the passage of the … Continue reading →

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Voting in NYC — for District Attorney of Kings County

Posted on November 5, 2013 by William Eric Waters, aka Easy Waters

No excuse not to vote, especially for Kings County (Brooklyn) District Attorney. Let Charles Hynes know that he can’t jump from the Democratic to the Republican and Conservative parties because he lost the Democratic primary to Ken Thompson. He had … Continue reading →

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Waiting for Parole — Between Hope and Despair

Posted on October 29, 2013 by William Eric Waters, aka Easy Waters
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“The Gift of Story and Song” — From my book, “Black Shadows and Through the White Looking Glass

Posted on October 15, 2013 by William Eric Waters, aka Easy Waters

From Griots to the Last Poets From Phillis Wheatley             to Gwendolyn Brooks. From highly imitative                     to Pulitzer Prize-winning poetry. From Various Subjects, Religious and Moral             to Annie Allen. From Zora Neale Hurston             to Toni Morrison. From … Continue reading →

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The Three Erics

Posted on October 10, 2013 by William Eric Waters, aka Easy Waters

Three years ago, when I turned 50 years of age, I wrote a poem in the tradition of Ginsberg’s “Howl!,” talking about what had happened to some of the best of my generation. I titled it “Celebrating Fifty Years of … Continue reading →

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Prison Stargate

Posted on October 5, 2013 by William Eric Waters, aka Easy Waters

A number of years ago I was on a panel. Jan Agostaro, a fellow poet, was also on this panel. We were doing a poetry reading of poems from prison when the subject of Reentry came up. Jan described the … Continue reading →

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Reflections on Black Patriotism

Posted on July 12, 2013 by William Eric Waters, aka Easy Waters

I remember, in the summer of my life, when my blood boiled, as hot as the sun, with righteous indignation at American injustice. This, from a native son, a born and bred Brooklynite. I remember, in my youth, questioning Black … Continue reading →

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