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Publisher
Wise Ink Creative Publishing
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
An anthology of poems, interviews, and essays that spotlight black joy as a resource of abundance, and also as a mode of self-defense. Poets from England, Nigeria, Kenya, Germany, and beyond provide a sketch of what black joy means in this moment and how to make use of it in the name of the future.
Author
Publisher
Black Classic Press
Pub. Date
[1998]
Language
English
Description
"Throughout the work, one will discover the themes of despair, depression and desire. This book documents many failed relationships and broken promises. In many ways, this poetry collection closes a personal door in my life."--Preface, p. ix.
Author
Series
American poets continuum volume 14
Publisher
BOA Editions
Pub. Date
1987.
Language
English
Description
A retrospective collection of all this black poet's work plus a memoir in prose.
Author
Language
English
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Description
An ALA Notable Children's Book, Honey, I Love and Other Love Poems includes sixteen poems that tell of love and the simple joys of everyday life, seen through the eyes of a child: playing with a friend, skipping rope, riding on a train—or keeping Mama company till Daddy gets back. Each of these sixteen "love poems" is spoken straight from the perspective of a child. Riding on a train, listening to music, playing with a friend...each poem elicits...
68) And still I rise
Author
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
©1978.
Language
English
Description
Maya Angelou's third poetry collection, a unique celebration of life, consists of rhythms of strength, love, and remembrance, songs of the street, and lyrics of the heart.
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
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Description
In this comprehensive and vibrant poetry anthology, bestselling author and poet Kwame Alexander curates a collection of contemporary anthems at turns tender and piercing and deeply inspiring throughout. Featuring work from well-loved poets such as Rita Dove, Jericho Brown, Warsan Shire, Ross Gay, Tracy K. Smith, Terrance Hayes, Morgan Parker, and Nikki Giovanni, This Is the Honey is a rich and abundant offering of language from the poets giving voice...
71) Blood on the fog
Author
Series
Pocket poets volume no. 62
Publisher
City Lights Books
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"A rhapsodic follow-up to Tongo Eisen-Martin's Heaven is All Goodbyes, this collection further explores themes of love and loss, family and faith, refracted through the lens of Black experience. These poems honor intellectual tradition and ancestral knowledge while blazing an entirely new path, recording and replaying the poet's sensory travels through America, from its packed metropolises to desolate anytowns. Packed with politically astute and clear-eyed...
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