Spirit & flame : an anthology of contemporary African American poetry /

Spirit & Flame celebrates the creativity of the African American poet. This volume, comprising more than two hundred pieces, delivers the artistic and political fervor of new and established black voices around the country - in the oral tradition; in tanka and sonnets; in lyrics that echo the so...

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Other Authors: Gilyard, Keith, 1952-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Syracuse, N.Y. : Syracuse University Press, 1997.
Edition:1st ed.
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505 0 0 |t And sometimes I hear this song in my head /  |r Harriet Jacobs --  |t Imagination in flight: an improvisational duet /  |r Harriet Jacobs --  |t Growing into my name /  |r Harriet Jacobs --  |t On extending the olive branch to my own self /  |r Harriet Jacobs --  |t About our hips /  |r Harriet Jacobs --  |t Lesson on braces /  |r Valerie Jean --  |t On apologies /  |r Valerie Jean --  |t If I write a poem ... /  |r A. Van Jordan --  |t A dance lesson /  |r A. Van Jordan --  |t My father's retirement /  |r A. Van Jordan --  |t Dream/eaters /  |r Shirley Bradley LeFlore --  |t Rayboy blk & bluz /  |r Shirley Bradley LeFlore --  |t This poem /  |r Shirley Bradley LeFlore --  |t Delirium /  |r Norman Loftis --  |t Big John /  |r Norman Loftis --  |t Ruth /  |r Norman Loftis --  |t Fights after school /  |r Norman Loftis --  |t Brief encounter /  |r Norman Loftis --  |t In memorium: robert hayden /  |r Norman Loftis --  |t Poet: what ever happened to luther? /  |r Haki R. Madhubuti --  |t Magnificent tomorrows /  |r Haki R. Madhubuti --  |t Possibilities: remembering Malcolm X /  |r Haki R. Madhubuti --  |t The union of two /  |r Haki R. Madhubuti --  |t Fire keeper /  |r Bahiyyih Maroon --  |t Nude womon spotted in cappuccino cup as advertising dollar co-opts another life /  |r Bahiyyih Maroon --  |t Neighbor /  |r Bahiyyih Maroon --  |t The big house revisited /  |r Tony Medina --  |t After the verdict /  |r Tony Medina --  |t My father's girlfriend /  |r E. Ethelbert Miller --  |t You send me: Bertha Franklin, December 11, 1964 /  |r E. Ethelbert Miller --  |t The night before the first day of school /  |r E. Ethelbert Miller --  |t Players /  |r E. Ethelbert Miller --  |t The boys of summer /  |r E. Ethelbert Miller --  |t The song poem /  |r Lenard D. Moore --  |t Gifts /  |r Lenard D. Moore --  |t Haiku /  |r Lenard D. Moore --  |t Tanka /  |r Lenard D. Moore --  |t Children of the future /  |r Jalaluddin Mansur Nuriddin --  |t Foxfire /  |r Dominique Parker --  |t Sand /  |r Dominique Parker --  |t The art of the nickname /  |r Dominique Parker --  |t When Mark Deloach ruled the world /  |r Dominique Parker --  |t Milestone: the birth of an ancestor /  |r Eugene B. Redmond --  |t Gwensways /  |r Eugene B. Redmond --  |t Aerolingual poet of prey /  |r Eugene B. Redmond --  |t I am not the walrus /  |r Ishmael Reed --  |t El Paso monologue /  |r Ishmael Reed --  |t Moon/light quarter/back sack /  |r Samuel F. Reynolds --  |t The whipping /  |r Samuel F. Reynolds --  |t An open letter to all Black poets /  |r Samuel F. Reynolds --  |t Suite repose /  |r Carl Hancock Rux --  |t Pledge of allegiance /  |r Carl Hancock Rux --  |t A whole two weeks after the Million Man March and still, if you'd ask me, this is all I could say about it /  |r Richard Rykard --  |t New Orleans haiku /  |r Kalamu ya Salaam --  |t I live in the mouth of history /  |r Kalamu ya Salaam --  |t I just heard John Buffington died /  |r Kalamu ya Salaam --  |t Little Black girls, the original eve (spreadin' more beautiful brown around) /  |r Karen Williams --  |t There's history in my hair /  |r Karen Williams --  |t In my grandmother's living room /  |r Karen Williams --  |t Ntarama (Rwanda) chronicles /  |r Karen Williams --  |t For backwards buppies /  |r Karen Williams --  |t Jazz (a new interpretation) /  |r Karen Williams --  |t Merging /  |r Niama Leslie JoAnn Williams --  |t Afrocentricity /  |r Niama Leslie JoAnn Williams --  |t For the dancer /  |r Niama Leslie JoAnn Williams --  |t The meaning of the smell of sweat /  |r Niama Leslie JoAnn Williams. 
505 0 0 |t Tongues in my mouth /  |r Demetrice A. Worley --  |t Dancing in the dark /  |r Demetrice A. Worley --  |t Las flores para una nina negra /  |r Demetrice A. Worley --  |t Sandra /  |r Demetrice A. Worley --  |t Blue Monday /  |r Al Young --  |t Ravel: Bolero /  |r Al Young --  |t Written in bracing, gray L.A. rainlight /  |r Al Young --  |t Fifty-fifty /  |r Al Young --  |t The one snapshot I couldn't take in France /  |r Al Young --  |t Reward /  |r Kevin Young --  |t Southern University, 1962 /  |r Kevin Young --  |t Eddie Priest's barbershop & notary /  |r Kevin Young. 
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