After decades out of print Passionone of June Jordans most important collectionshas returned to readers. Originally entitled passion new poems 19771980 this volume holds key works including ampampquotPoem About My Rightsampampquot ampampquotPoem About Police Violenceampampquot ampampquotFree Flightampampquot and an essay by the poet ampampquotFor the Sake of the Peoples Poetry Walt Whitman and the Rest of Us.ampampquot June Jordan was a fierce advocate for the safety and humanity of women and Black people and for the freedom of all peopleand Barack Obama made a line from this book famous ampampquotWe are the ones we have been waiting for.ampampquot With love and humor via lyrics and rants she calls for nothing less than radical compassion. This new edition includes a foreword by Nicole Sealey.