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Shake Loose My Skin: New and Selected Poems (Bluestreak)

Shake Loose My Skin: New and Selected Poems (Bluestreak)

by Sonia Sanchez

An extraordinary retrospective covering over thiry years of work, SHAKE LOOSE MY SKIN is a stunning testament to the literary, sensual, and political powers of the award-winning Sonia Sanchez.

n the tradition of Alice Walker, an electrifying new African American voice delivers the verdict on the urban condition in a sensual, propulsive, and prophetic book of poetry and prose. "Stunning . . . . One of the strongest debut collections of the '90s."--Publishers Weekly.

Like The Singing Coming Off The Drums

by Sonia Sanchez

In the movie lovejones, in Vibe magazine, and in music by rapper D Knowledge, the love poems of Sonia Sanchez have put into words the passions of a generation. Like the Singing Coming off the Drums offers a collection of dazzling new love poems from Sonia Sanchez. In haiku, tanka, and sensual blues, Sanchez writes as no one else can of the many forms love takes: burning, dreamy, dis appointed, and vulnerable. In... (more)

Love Poems

by Nikki Giovanni

In a career that has spanned more than a quarter century, Nikki Giovanni has earned the reputation as one of America's most celebrated and contoversial writers.Now, she presents a stunning collection of love poems that includes more than twenty new works. From the revolutionary "Seduction" to the tender new poem, "Just a Simple Declaration of Love," from the whimsical "I Wrote a Good Omelet" to the elegiac "All... (more)

Does Your House Have Lions ?

by Sonia Sanchez

Nominated for the 1998 National Book Critics Circle Award for Poetry Recommended Reading from Emerge An epic poem on kin estranged, the death of a brother from AIDS, and the possibility of reconciliation and love in the face of loss.

From The Heart And Heat Of Me by Rachel BerryRachel Berry

From The Heart And Heat Of Me by Rachel Berry

by Rachel Berry

Thoughts and Reflections on Life & Love through Poetry & Prose. This book is as soulful as it is versatile. A must-read for anyone with a heart and a zeal for romance. An interactive journal.

Poems.

by Arnold Rampersad, David Roessel, Langston Hughes

This generous volume is a genuine literary milestone, the first comprehensive collection of the verse of a writer who has been called both the poet laureate of African America and our greatest popular poet since Walt Whitman. The book contains 860 poems, including all the verse that Hughes published during his lifetime, and nearly 300 that have never before appeared in book form.

I Am the Darker Brother : An Anthology of Modern Poems by African Americans

I Am the Darker Brother : An Anthology of Modern Poems by African Americans

by Arnold Adoff

A collection of African-American poetry is specifically created for young readers and includes a foreword by Nikki Giovanni and contributions by such prominent writers as Langston Hughes and Maya Angelou.

Listen Up!

by Zoe Angelsey

"Today, the poetry scene flourishes at New York open-mic spots like the Nuyorican Poets Café, Brooklyn's YWCA Tea Party and Harlem's Sugar Shack. Progeny of hip poets--the Beats of the 50s and protest poets of the 60s and 70s--these up-and-coming literati cast their diverse spells of word beats inspiring young contemporaries in Cleveland, Ohio, Los Angeles, Chicago, Washington, D.C., and Atlanta; later branching... (more)

360 Degrees a Revolution of Black Poets

A Rock Against the Wind: African-American Poems and Letters of Love and Passion

A Rock Against the Wind: African-American Poems and Letters of Love and Passion

A romantic anthology of more than one hundred love letters and passionate poetry includes contributions from Alice Walker, Derek Walcott, Maya Angelou, Nikki Giovanni, Langston Hughes, Ruby Dee, Ntozake Shange, Rita Dove, and many others.

Shaker, Why Don't You Sing?Maya Angelou

Shaker, Why Don't You Sing?

by Maya Angelou

Lyrical and cadent, dramatic and sometimes playful, these poems speak of love, longing, parting; of freedom and shattered dreams; of Saturday-night partying and the smells and sounds of Southern cities.

Maya Angelou: Poems

by Maya Angelou

Includes four poetry collections: "Just give me a cool drink of water 'fore I diiie", "Oh pray my wings are gonna fit me well", "And still I rise", and "Shaker, why don't you sing?".

Black Feeling, Black Talk, Black Judgement

Black Feeling, Black Talk, Black Judgement

by Nikki Giovanni

Black Feeling, Black Talk/Black Judgement is one of the single most important volumes of modern African-American poetry.This book, electrifying generations with its revolutionary phrases and inspiring them with such Nikki Giovanni masterpieces as the lyrical "Nikki-Rosa" and the intimate "Knoxville, Tennessee," is the seminal volume of Nikki Giovanni's body of work. Black Feeling, Black Talk/Black Judgement ... (more)

Once (Harvest Book ; Hb 337)

by Alice Walker

This first volume of poetry established Walker as a poet of unusual sensitivity and power. All of the poems in this collection were written either in East Africa, where Walker spent the summer of 1965, or during her senior year at Sarah Lawrence College. “Brief slashing poems-young and in the sun” (Muriel Rukeyser).

Bum Rush the Page: A Def Poetry Jam

by Tony Medina

Bum Rush the Page is a groundbreaking collection, capturing the best new work from the poets who have brought fresh energy, life, and relevance to American poetry. “Here is a democratic orchestration of voices and visions, poets of all ages, ethnicities, and geographic locations coming together to create a dialogue and to jam–not slam. This is our mouth on paper, our hearts on our sleeves, our refusal to shut... (more)

Selected poems

by Langston Hughes

The poems in this volume were chosen by Hughes himself shortly before his death in 1967 and encompass work from his entire career. His poetry launched a revolution among black writers in America.

Undersong: Chosen Poems Old and New

by Audre Lorde

Audre Lord's writing was complex enough to be both fierce and subtle, and this collection is the best overview of her impressive career. Adrienne Rich has said that Lord wrote with power and clarity, especially about "love and anger, family, politics, sexuality, and the body of the city." True enough: "Gemini" is a stunning intertwining of personal and political issues; "Love Poem," evokes the rhythms of... (more)

Catch the Fire!!!

by Tony Medina

African-American poetry is an ever-growing and ever-changing art form... in coffee houses and night clubs... from the blues and be-bop, to rap and hip-hop. Catch the Fire!!! is more than a poetry anthology. It is a cultural event: the indroduction of a new generation of African-American poets by an established generation, and a celebration of contemporary African-American poetry. Through the themes of family,... (more)

Blues: For All the Changes: New Poems

by Nikki Giovanni

Intimate, edgy, and unapologetic, Blues: For All the Changes bears the mark of Nikki Giovanni's unmistakable voice.In a career that has spanned three decades, Giovanni has created an indispensable body of work and earned a place amoung the nation's most celebrated and controversial poets; Gloria Naylor calls her "one of our national treasures." Now, in these fifty-two new poems, Giovanni brings the passion,... (more)

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Shake Loose My Skin: New and Selected Poems (Bluestreak)

by Sonia Sanchez

American Dreams

by Sapphire

Like The Singing Coming Off The Drums

by Sonia Sanchez

Love Poems

by Nikki Giovanni

Does Your House Have Lions ?

by Sonia Sanchez

From The Heart And Heat Of Me by Rachel Berry

by Rachel Berry

Poems.

by Arnold Rampersad, David Roessel, Langston Hughes

I Am the Darker Brother : An Anthology of Modern Poems by African Americans

by Arnold Adoff

Listen Up!

by Zoe Angelsey

360 Degrees a Revolution of Black Poets

A Rock Against the Wind: African-American Poems and Letters of Love and Passion

Shaker, Why Don't You Sing?

by Maya Angelou

Maya Angelou: Poems

by Maya Angelou

Black Feeling, Black Talk, Black Judgement

by Nikki Giovanni

Once (Harvest Book ; Hb 337)

by Alice Walker

Bum Rush the Page: A Def Poetry Jam

by Tony Medina

Selected poems

by Langston Hughes

Undersong: Chosen Poems Old and New

by Audre Lorde

Catch the Fire!!!

by Tony Medina

Blues: For All the Changes: New Poems

by Nikki Giovanni