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Poets are interpreters There are many types of poetry in the world, from love poems that will make you swoon to nature poems and protest poems that examine the world around us in very different.
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Here are ten poems that explore past and present, pain and love, language and family, history and identity, all written by contemporary Black poets. They're each available for free download: "Let Me Handle My Business, Damn," Morgan Parker "Hymn to a Hurricane," Rachel Eliza Griffiths "No Cap," Hanif Abdurraqib
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We included prize-winning poets and poets whose recordings have amassed tens of thousands of views online. Of the 101 poets, 36 are categorized as spoken word, or proto-spoken word (Maya Angelou.
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Aja Monet In 2007, the Cuban-Jamaican poet and activist became the youngest recipient of the Nuyorican Poets Café Grand Slam Championship at the age of 19. She's also the last woman to receive.
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Here are the 15 Black women poets you should know. Elizabeth Alexander Elizabeth Alexander is a poet, essayist, playwright, and teacher born in New York City and raised in Washington, DC. Alexander has degrees from Yale University and Boston University and completed her Ph.D. in English at the University of Pennsylvania.
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The following 101 poets and 203 poems were used for a research on Black women poets produced by Marit MacArthur, Lee M. Miller, Xiaoliu Wu, Qin Ding, and me. • Samantha Adams - "Eartha Lifts her Slip" and "Three Mothers of Gynecology Pry open J Marion Sims" • Opal Palmer Adisa - "Public Restrooms Prelude" and "This Poem Is An Invitation"
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Angelou had a broad career as a singer, dancer, actress, composer, and Hollywood's first female black director, but became most famous as a writer, editor, essayist, playwright, and poet. As a civil rights activist, Angelou worked for Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and Malcolm X.
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"Phenomenal Woman" by Maya Angelou One cannot discuss poems about strong black women without mentioning the iconic Maya Angelou. In her poem "Phenomenal Woman," Angelou exudes confidence and self-assuredness, celebrating the beauty and power of black women.
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If you think "Black female poet," the first name for many will be Maya Angelou. Singularly, she did so much for poetry as a whole. Born in Missouri, Angelou moved around before resettling back in St. Louis. Early childhood trauma left her mute for five years, but as we know, she eventually blossomed into a celebrated wordsmith.
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A self-described "black, lesbian, mother, warrior, poet," Audre Lorde dedicated both her life and her creative talent to confronting and addressing injustices of racism, sexism, classism, and homophobia. Lorde was born in New York City to West Indian immigrant parents. She attended Catholic schools before graduating from Hunter High School and published her first poem in Seventeen magazine.
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Phillis Wheatley: Crash Course Black American History #7. Watch on. Born in West Africa, and sold into slavery at the mere age of seven or eight, Phillis Wheatley has perhaps led the most troubled life in the list. Enslaved in the household of the commercialist John Wheatley, who had educated her later on after discovering her talent, Phillis.
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3 A Woman Speaks by Audre Lorde 4 Phenomenal Woman by Maya Angelou 5 Rosa Parks by Nikki Giovanni 6 Still I Rise by Maya Angelou 7 Power by Audre Lorde 8 Woman Work by Maya Angelou 9 Primer For Blacks by Gwendolyn Brooks 10 Lineage by Margaret Walker won't you celebrate with me by Lucille Clifton
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Other talented Black female poets featured on this list include Lucille Clifton, Toni Morrison, and Alice Walker. Which Black female poet do you think deserves the top spot on this list? Give the best poets a thumbs up and share some of your favorite quotes in the comments section. 1 98 votes Maya Angelou
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A mother loses her small daughter in the block-long ghetto tenement, the Mecca; this long poem traces her steps through the building, revealing her neighbors to be indifferent or insulated by their own personal obsessions. The mother finds her little girl, who "never learned that black is not beloved."
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One of Young's achievements with this new book, six years in the making, is in surfacing lesser-known writers — specifically women writers, like Anne Spencer and Mae V. Cowdery, forgotten figures.
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Gwendolyn Brooks is another prolific name in poetry. Born in1917 in Kansas, her family moved to Chicago when she was just six weeks old. Brooks began writing at an early age and even began submitting her work to publications as a teenager. By the time she graduated high school, she was a regular contributor to The Chicago Defender.
