As a hip-hop head and poet, when I read Khadijah Queen’s Deleted Characters on LitHub, I could not help but think of Smooth Da Hustler’s Broken Language (f/Trigger Tha Gambler). Both pieces make great poetry simply by listing in very formulaic manner, but results in both cases are more than just a clever language game; they both use slang and colloquial language to play with the meaning (and energy) they are trying to convey.
Poet Laureate of Carrboro, NC 2019 -2022 / 2019 Academy of American Poets Laureate Fellow
