All posts tagged "Poetry"
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3 poems by Amir Rabiyah
Our Dangerous Sweetness “caring for myself is not self-indulgence, it is self-preservation, and that is an act of political warfare” -Audre Lorde When I hear...
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calling ourselves into freedom: Black art and decolonial aesthetics
By luam kidane as Black women who won’t accept the world as white supremacy gives it to us there is a jarring, a dissonance...
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2 poems by Margaree Little
BLACKBERRY GARDEN As though by going back to it now it would become clear—or more than that, say what you mean, come right, a resolution...
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Two Poems by Emma Victoria Miller
By Emma Victoria Miller The Water Carrier Last night I dreamt of the house of the girl who drew water, The girl...
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Poetry by Teré Fowler-Chapman
Truth levitated like smoke Thoughts came from the depth of our bellies Rose and set like a fresh breath in Out of all the...
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Three Poems by Aya de Leon
By Aya de Leon eulogy for my ass friends loved ones we are gathered today to pay our respects to bid farewell...
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Poem Suite: Retold
In our Poem Suites, we bring together the voices of emerging and established poets exploring a common theme. In today’s Poem Suite, three poets consider...
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Personal is Political: My Mother Speaks through My Poetry
Silvia Angulo writes about her relationship with her mother and her desire to write for #personalIsPoliticalonTFW.
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The Audre Lorde Archival Research Seminar at Spelman College
By Jerry Wever The Audre Lorde Archival Research Seminar at Spelman College in Atlanta is such a special seminar. This year marks the third offering...
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Personal is Political: Tribute to My Teacher and Friend Audre Lorde
By Melinda Goodman My writing is meant to be spoken out loud. My presence and the presence of the audience creates a sort of vibration...
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The Forging of a Caribbean Feminist Consciousness: Laying Claim to Audre Lorde’s Legacy
By Donna Aza Weir-Soley Mothers are central to our identities. Even those of us who do not claim motherhood as central to how we define...
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Claiming All That Is Within Me And Loving Myself Fiercely
By Farah Tanis I was named by my mother at birth in the presence of my grandmother, keeper, vessel of the Gods and Goddesses, descendent...
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A Woman Speaks by Cheryl Boyce-Taylor
A Woman Speaks By Cheryl Boyce-Taylor I pick a bunch of hibiscus blooms. What lessons shall I learn from the spell of their senses? ...
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Dear Audre Lorde
Dear Audre Lorde, I thank you for the poem that you were and the poem that you are. You are the poem...
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Audre Lorde at 80
By Cheryl Clarke Editors note: Since this is a special 80th birthday anniversary forum in celebration of one of our ancestor heroines, and Cheryl Clarke...
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Prologue: Audre Lorde – Word and Action
By Jewelle Gomez I’ve been thinking about Audre more than usual because I recently celebrated the 20th anniversary of the publication of my black, feminist,...
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Excerpts from “Let Her: Words, Matter” by Ames Hawkins
I. Julie punched the buttons on the radio, hard double-clicks, propelling the station marker back and forth between the rock and roll of WLLZ and...
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Three Poems by Joy KMT
By Joy KMT Renisha McBride Even now you are being explained away your body laid on the coffee table and autopsied...
