Goodbye, Benediction.
by Hakim Bellamy

Hakim Bellamy served as the Inaugural Poet Laureate for the City of Albuquerque (2012-2014) and served as the Deputy Director for the Department of Arts & Culture at the City of Albuquerque from 2018 - 2022. Both a W. K. Kellogg Foundation Global Fellow and a Kennedy Center Citizen Artist Fellow, Bellamy has held adjunct faculty positions at UNM and the Institute of American Indian Arts, and also served as the Creative Writing Chair at New Mexico School for the Arts. A National Poetry Slam Champion, Bellamy has performed his work in at least seven countries and continues to leverage his art to transform his communities. See what else he is up to at hakimbellamy.com.

This piece was originally written and performed for FUSION Theatre Company’s 1st Street Cabaret 2025.