Photographer Adam Turner captured poet Marvin X writing "Round Midnight"

Marvin X writing "Round Midnight" when he is at his best, more precisely around 3AM.

photo Adam Turner

In the wee hours of the morning, Marvin X, poet, essayist, editor and publisher of Blackbird Press,  does much of his best work. Silence and solitude are golden for him. We were privileged to capture this moment in the life of the master poet.

--Adam Turner, photographer