In "Peace Starts Inside You," a contemplative coda that echoes Coltrane's "Om" and Pharaoh Sanders's "Hum-Allah," Madhubuti speaks effortlessly in the voice of the thoughtful elder he has become. Now as much a father figure as the warrior he has always been, he recognizes the value of quiet meditation, of finding a restful space between battles. "Discover stillness," he wisely advises. Seek the "calm within the quiet,/ peace be still."
Jabari Asim is an assistant editor of Washington Post Book World. His poetry appears in
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