Black Poets Public

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  1. 1919 by 

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  2. Bicycles by 

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    In a career that has earned her accolades, honorary degrees, and awards from both fellow poets and everyday poetry lovers, …

  3. Blood Dazzler by 

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    In minute-by-minute detail, Patricia Smith tracks Hurricane Katrina as it transforms into a full-blown mistress of destruction. From August 23, …

  4. Don't Call Us Dead: Poems by 

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    Award-winning poet Danez Smith is a groundbreaking force, celebrated for deft lyrics, urgent subjects, and performative power. Don't Call Us …

  5. Love Poems by 

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    In a career that has spanned more than a quarter century, Nikki Giovanni has earned the reputation as one of …

  6. Monument by 

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    Layering joy and urgent defiance—against physical and cultural erasure, against white supremacy whether intangible or graven in stone—Trethewey’s work gives …

  7. The poems of Marianne Moore by ,

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    This complete collection of Moore's poetry, edited by the prizewinning poet Grace Schulman, for the first time contains all of …

  8. Sacrilegion by  (Poetry series -- #16)

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  9. Wicked World! by 

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    A cool and happening collection of poems from the inimitable Benjamin Zephaniah Welcome to the wild and wicked words of …

  10. Quilting the Black-Eyed Pea by 

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    When Nikki Giovanni's poems first emerged during the Civil Rights and Black Arts Movements of the 1960s, she immediately took …

  11. God’s Trombones by  (The Penguin poets)

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    The inspiring sermon-poems of James Weldon Johnson.

    James Weldon Johnson was a leading figure of the Harlem Renaissance, and one …

  12. The Collected Poetry of Nikki Giovanni by 

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    This omnibus covers Nikki Giovanni's complete work of poetry from 1967–1983. THE COLLECTED POETRY OF NIKKI GIOVANNI will include the …

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