Yusef Komunyakaa
American poet who won the Pulitzer Prize for Neon Vernacular in 1994. His verse about Vietnam, jazz, and the African American South is dense with music and history.
Works
- Dedications and Other DarkhorsesEarly collection of jazz-inflected poems about love, dedication, and survival
- I Apologize for the Eyes in My HeadCollection examining vision, perception, and consciousness
- CopaceticLyric poems about African-American identity, culture, and vernacular
- Dien Cai DauVietnam War poems drawing on personal experience, mythology, and grief
- Neon VernacularSelected poems celebrating African-American life, culture, and resilience