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Bay Poets

'The Poem You Requested' by poet Asantewaa Boykin

By Hana Baba

Published February 15, 2022 at 10:34 AM PST

For black history month, KALW is highlighting the works of local bay area Black poets. Asantewaa Boykin reads her poem "The Poem You Requested."

Poems air on KALW 91.7 FM at 7:19 a.m. and 4:18 p.m. weekdays throughout February.

Bay Poets

Hana Baba

Hana Baba is host of Crosscurrents, KALW's weeknight newsmagazine that broadcasts on KALW Public Radio in the San Francisco Bay Area.

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