For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide When the Rainbow is Enuf, was created in 1974, and though some lines … More
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Jason Reynold’s “For Everyone” is a Poem, a Nod, a Nothing to Lose
The beautiful, slim new volume by Jason Reynolds is all things and nothing. He explains in the preface that parts … More
Richard Blanco- America’s 5th Poet Laureate Proclaims: Diversity is Relative
“Diversity of opportunity is important in fulfilling life,” is just one of the many thoughts that Richard Blanco left the … More
Some of the visual candy in the film Bright Star with the John Keats Poem: Ode to a Nightingale
My heart aches, and a drowsy numbness pains My sense, as though of hemlock I had drunk,Or emptied some dull opiate … More
“Clearly, a little permission is a dangerous thing.” Tess Gallagher – This Week’s Featured Poet in Celebration of National Poetry Month
Tess Gallagher may, unfairly, be more known for her marriage to short story legend Raymond Carver than she is for … More
April is National Poetry Month – This Week’s Featured Poet – Saul Williams
Saul Williams doesn’t like to be identified with any specific label but he has been called, poet, artist, rapper, singer … More
A Poem Traveled Down My Arm by Alice Walker
This brief, portable collection of micro poems and simple sketches was intriguing to me from the dedication line: To water. … More
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