Poetry

Collected poems · space poetry recordings · broadsides · myth-science texts

"I come from a dream the black man dreamed long ago…"

— "The Visitation" · The Immeasurable Equation (2005) · New York era

4 of 4 poems shown

New York
~1962

The Visitation

The Immeasurable Equation

Also appears in the Black Fire: An Anthology of Afro-American Writing (1968), eds. Amiri Baraka and Larry Neal. Frequently cited and quoted in Poetry Foundation essay "My Music Is Words."

apocalypseprophecy
Philadelphia
~1970

Strange Worlds in My Mind

The Immeasurable Equation / Norton Records spoken-word series
♪ spoken word

Released as spoken-word performance on Norton Records (2010). Characteristic of Ra's declamatory cosmic-science verse.

spacescience
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Philadelphia
~1975

My Way Is the Spaceways

Norton Records spoken-word series
♪ spoken word

Released as spoken-word performance on Norton Records (2013). Title poem of that release, blending travel imagery with cosmic liberation themes.

spaceliberation
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Philadelphia
~1972

The Outer Darkness

Norton Records spoken-word series
♪ spoken word

Released as spoken-word performance on Norton Records (2010). Dense prophetic-apocalyptic language typical of Ra's early Philadelphia period.

apocalypsespacetechnology
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Source Collections

The Immeasurable EquationThe Immeasurable Equation / Norton Records spoken-word seriesNorton Records spoken-word series