Tag: Janet Joyner

The Dead Mule School of Southern Literature
Poetry

Janet Joyner : Six Poems

Southern Legitimacy Statement: Number One: if you’re the one asking “Honey, who are your people?” let’s just say mine have been here long enough to understand the question; Number Two: there’s a reason my middle name is Lee; Number Three: I grew up in the Carolina low country where even the sweat sweats. That good enough? **