Raising a Ruckus on the First Day of BHM
Ruckus affray [ chiefly British ], broil , donnybrook , fracas , fray , free-for-all , melee ( also mêlée ), rough-and-tumble , row , brawl , ruction Related Words battle , clash , combat , conflict , contest , fisticuffs , handgrips , hassle , scrap , scrimmage , scuffle , skirmish , struggle , tussle ; horseplay , roughhousing ; altercation , argument , dispute , kickup , quarrel , spat , squabble , tiff , wrangle Poets (people I know David Winter, Elizabeth Hoover, Keisha-Gaye Anderson, Jennifer Milich—and people I don’t—Saeed Jones, e.e. cummings, Robert Hayden, Nikki G., June Jordan, on and on and on, and on and on and on) have been all up in my face lately, making me think, and I have to say I'm liking it. They should be all up in my face, my head, my brain, pulling me over and away from the foolishness set out there to distract me and “foolish me up,” drain me, keep me from creating and contributing and helping and living. Keep me from . What brought this on