Testament VI: Ra’s Not Dead

Ra’s Not Dead brings together poems that reckon with grief, identity, and the search for meaning in an unsettled world. Drawing on lived experience, Rashid Darden writes about race, sexuality, loss, and the resilience required to meet each new season of life with honesty.

As the sixth volume of The Testaments 1995–2025, this collection reflects a period of deepening reflection. The poems ask difficult questions without insisting on easy answers, offering a record of endurance shaped by compassion, memory, and hope.

One life. Eight books. Thirty years of poetry.