A rock against the wind : African-American poems and letters of love and passion
A rock against the wind : African-American poems and letters of love and passion
/ edited by Lindsay Patterson ; foreword by Ruby Dee
- First edition
- xxiii, 194 pages
A love poem / Etheridge Knight A small contradiction / Pat Parker Haiku / Sonia Sanchez To Mareta / Herschel Lee Johnson Reply / Naomi Long Madgett My house / Nikki Giovanni For a new love / Cicely Rodway Poem no. 11 / Sonia Sanchez Untitled / C. Tillery Banks When I'm close to Carol, I gotta move ... / Richard D. Gordon Song in the night / Irma McClaurin Love song / Henry Dumas Plagiarism for a trite love poem / Carolyn M. Rodgers Black woman, you / Clay A. Fielding Soul sister / Richard D. Gordon I love you / Bernard V. Finney, Jr. Infinity / Phyllis M. Bynum Poem no. 21 / Doughtry Long Man thinking about woman / Haki Madhubuti ; Don L. Lee When Sue wears red / Langston Hughes Nobody says baby / Beverley Wiggins Wells Poem / Pearl Cleage Poem for Joyce / Johnie Scott You come to me / Quincy Troupe Chocolate man / Phyllis M. Bynum It's a boy! / Micki Grant New blues from a brown baby / Saundra Sharp Nesting / Saundra Sharp Love - the beginning and the end / Carolyn M. Rodgers Never offer your heart to someone who eats hearts / Alice Walker Ballad / Sonia Sanchez Love after love / Derek Walcott Moat / Richard D. Gordon On learning / Mae Jackson Free yourself / C. Tillery Banks Let go and love / Linda Cousins Drinking beer / Pearl Cleage For a black lover / Lindsay Patterson Relationship / Sandra San-Viki Chapman I am somebody / Ruby Dee Appreciation / Dorothy E. King I want to sing / Nikki Giovanni Pulled tightly / Bernard V. Finney, Jr. Talking that talk / Doughtry Long A love poem / Carolyn M. Rodgers That kiss / Dorothy E. King Marriage counsel / Ruby Dee Moonbeams / Elizabeth I. Roberts Before the act / Barbara-Marie Green !!!He!!! / Emily M. Newsome Black love in the afternoon / Dennis Rahiim Watson Seduction / Nikki Giovanni Good to be in you / Dudley Randall Autumn poems / Nikki Giovanni The doorway that we hide behind / Dee Dee McNeil Flowers / Sybil Kein Please disturb / Dorothy Meekins One nighter / Darnley Osborne Morning thoughts / Dorothy E. King Untitled / Pat Parker If I go all the way without you where would I go? / Ntozake Shange Perfumed moments with my man / Dee Dee McNeil My tongue paints a path / Eugene Redmond Quietly / Herbert Woodward Martin New Face / Alice Walker His shirt / Rita Dove I just couldn't / Hasna Muhammad A quarter for your thoughts / Jaleelah Karriem Revelation / Hilton A. Vaughan I'm beginning to see lights ... / Lindsay Patterson Young tender / Darnley Osborne Serial monogamy / Ntozake Shange Secret life / Pearl Cleage Can you? / Linda Cousins For the men who ask : will you write a poem for me? / Beverly Wiggins Wells Loving too much / Dennis Rahiim Watson Long glances / Micki Grant Be warned / Lindsay Patterson End notes / Haki Madhubuti, Don L. Lee For the count / Mae Jackson CJ - the end / Dorothy E. King The lie / Maya Angelou Last poem I'm gonna write bout us / Sonia Sanchez Reaching back / Saundra Sharp Freedom / Emily M. Newsome Somewhere in the city / Naomi Long Madgett Souvenirs / Dudley Randall Jazzy vanity / Richard W. Thomas Reflections on a lost love / Haki Madhubuti ; Don L. Lee Why? / Darnley Osborne For your information B. W. / Lindsay Patterson Love equation / Hazel Clayton Harrison Starting over / Dorothy Meekins Mountain suite in winter / Houston A. Baker, Jr. Your place / Emily M. Newsome A place called comfort / Dorothy Meekins Old love / Carolyn M. Rodgers Reaching / Dorothy E. King Time. Time / Ruby Dee Love tight / Ted Joans Treating my lady right / Dennis Rahiim Watson Untitled / C. Tillery Banks Love being loved / Linda Cousins Now and here after / Allison West Senior love / Barbara-Marie Green Love letter / Micki Grant Letter to my overseas lover / Saundra Sharp Love letter #67 / Carl Cook Love letter : dreaming and thanks for the loving / Pearl Duncan Letter : father to son / Allison West Letter : father to daughter / Allison West Letter from a wife / S. Carolyn Reese Love letter #15 / Carl Cook
0399519823
American poetry--African American authors
African Americans--Poetry
Love poetry, American
811.008
A love poem / Etheridge Knight A small contradiction / Pat Parker Haiku / Sonia Sanchez To Mareta / Herschel Lee Johnson Reply / Naomi Long Madgett My house / Nikki Giovanni For a new love / Cicely Rodway Poem no. 11 / Sonia Sanchez Untitled / C. Tillery Banks When I'm close to Carol, I gotta move ... / Richard D. Gordon Song in the night / Irma McClaurin Love song / Henry Dumas Plagiarism for a trite love poem / Carolyn M. Rodgers Black woman, you / Clay A. Fielding Soul sister / Richard D. Gordon I love you / Bernard V. Finney, Jr. Infinity / Phyllis M. Bynum Poem no. 21 / Doughtry Long Man thinking about woman / Haki Madhubuti ; Don L. Lee When Sue wears red / Langston Hughes Nobody says baby / Beverley Wiggins Wells Poem / Pearl Cleage Poem for Joyce / Johnie Scott You come to me / Quincy Troupe Chocolate man / Phyllis M. Bynum It's a boy! / Micki Grant New blues from a brown baby / Saundra Sharp Nesting / Saundra Sharp Love - the beginning and the end / Carolyn M. Rodgers Never offer your heart to someone who eats hearts / Alice Walker Ballad / Sonia Sanchez Love after love / Derek Walcott Moat / Richard D. Gordon On learning / Mae Jackson Free yourself / C. Tillery Banks Let go and love / Linda Cousins Drinking beer / Pearl Cleage For a black lover / Lindsay Patterson Relationship / Sandra San-Viki Chapman I am somebody / Ruby Dee Appreciation / Dorothy E. King I want to sing / Nikki Giovanni Pulled tightly / Bernard V. Finney, Jr. Talking that talk / Doughtry Long A love poem / Carolyn M. Rodgers That kiss / Dorothy E. King Marriage counsel / Ruby Dee Moonbeams / Elizabeth I. Roberts Before the act / Barbara-Marie Green !!!He!!! / Emily M. Newsome Black love in the afternoon / Dennis Rahiim Watson Seduction / Nikki Giovanni Good to be in you / Dudley Randall Autumn poems / Nikki Giovanni The doorway that we hide behind / Dee Dee McNeil Flowers / Sybil Kein Please disturb / Dorothy Meekins One nighter / Darnley Osborne Morning thoughts / Dorothy E. King Untitled / Pat Parker If I go all the way without you where would I go? / Ntozake Shange Perfumed moments with my man / Dee Dee McNeil My tongue paints a path / Eugene Redmond Quietly / Herbert Woodward Martin New Face / Alice Walker His shirt / Rita Dove I just couldn't / Hasna Muhammad A quarter for your thoughts / Jaleelah Karriem Revelation / Hilton A. Vaughan I'm beginning to see lights ... / Lindsay Patterson Young tender / Darnley Osborne Serial monogamy / Ntozake Shange Secret life / Pearl Cleage Can you? / Linda Cousins For the men who ask : will you write a poem for me? / Beverly Wiggins Wells Loving too much / Dennis Rahiim Watson Long glances / Micki Grant Be warned / Lindsay Patterson End notes / Haki Madhubuti, Don L. Lee For the count / Mae Jackson CJ - the end / Dorothy E. King The lie / Maya Angelou Last poem I'm gonna write bout us / Sonia Sanchez Reaching back / Saundra Sharp Freedom / Emily M. Newsome Somewhere in the city / Naomi Long Madgett Souvenirs / Dudley Randall Jazzy vanity / Richard W. Thomas Reflections on a lost love / Haki Madhubuti ; Don L. Lee Why? / Darnley Osborne For your information B. W. / Lindsay Patterson Love equation / Hazel Clayton Harrison Starting over / Dorothy Meekins Mountain suite in winter / Houston A. Baker, Jr. Your place / Emily M. Newsome A place called comfort / Dorothy Meekins Old love / Carolyn M. Rodgers Reaching / Dorothy E. King Time. Time / Ruby Dee Love tight / Ted Joans Treating my lady right / Dennis Rahiim Watson Untitled / C. Tillery Banks Love being loved / Linda Cousins Now and here after / Allison West Senior love / Barbara-Marie Green Love letter / Micki Grant Letter to my overseas lover / Saundra Sharp Love letter #67 / Carl Cook Love letter : dreaming and thanks for the loving / Pearl Duncan Letter : father to son / Allison West Letter : father to daughter / Allison West Letter from a wife / S. Carolyn Reese Love letter #15 / Carl Cook
0399519823
American poetry--African American authors
African Americans--Poetry
Love poetry, American
811.008