Kim Brandon
time for another love poem
time to get my big love
out of the pawnshop
time to collect bottles and can
for 5 cent deposits
before time is up
before someone buys my sweet love
before they repurpose my joy
before they strip off the patina
mistaking it
for dirt
Kim Brandon is a Poet/Artist/Activist/Storyteller. Her work has been included in stage performances, anthologies, and journals. She is a 2021 Brooklyn Poets’ Poet of the Week and a VONA alum. She has attended Wild Seed Retreats and a Cave Canem Writers Workshops. She is the founder of Brooklyn Society Writers group and the host of writing workshops for people of color. This year her work centers on the revolutionary power of Black love. A Joe for Annie Mae, highlights the transformative power of love in the lives of those who seek it. She is hoping to publish her first poetry collection, Red Honey, in 2022.
