Kategoria BISAC: Poetry >> American - African American & Black

Sonnets from My Soul is a collection of inspirational poems by Michelle Taylor-Jones, who has been writing in secret for decades.

In this first edition, titled At Peace, Michelle shares some of her favorite sonnets on the subjects of courage, love, purpose, and faith, with the hope that readers will find enjoyment and healing in her reflections as she has over the years.

Standard literary criticism tends to either ignore or downplay the unorthodox tradition of black experimental writing that emerged in the wake of protests against colonization and Jim Crow-era segregation. Histories of African American literature likewise have a hard time accounting for the distinctiveness of experimental writing, which is part of a general shift in emphasis among black writers away from appeals for social recognition or raising consciousness. In Freedom Time, Anthony Reed offers a theoretical reading of -black experimental writing- that presents the term both as a...

THE NEXT VERSE POETS MIXTAPE is a poetry sampler of ethnographic significance. 4 poets represented by 4 poems each offer insight into the shared experiences of black Americans in today's political and social climate. Poems such as "Notes to a Little Black Boy," "Seven Ways of Looking at Black Flowers," and "How to Nullify a Super Hero" speak loudly about negotiating the delicate promise of life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. In addition, poems like "Lamb & Vodka," "Drum Lesson," "Nostalgia," and "Once, When We Were Not Gods" highlight place and its lingering presence in our beings...

This Christian spoken word poetry book will "move" you to examine your soul. These words will make you think. These poems will force you to examine your life, your focus and your calling.

• We love God
• Everyone has sinned
• Christians are not perfect.
• Do we live the Bible or just read the Bible?

This poetry is for all who love Christ. The truth is the light that we need to walk in. Let's take that step together.

Christ gave me this pen, so I have to write the truth

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An astonishing debut, how to get over is part instruction manual, part prayer, part testimony. It attempts to solve the reader's problems (by telling them how to get over), while simultaneously creating them--troubling the waters with witness and blues. ford's poems witness via a series of -past life portraits- that navigate personal space as well as the imagined persona. These portraits conjure the blues via the imagined lives of the inanimate (a whip, a machete), the historic (a Negro burial ground, Harriet Tubman, The Red Summer), the iconic (Pecola Breedlove, Richard Pryor,...

The Sky is NOT the Limit A Book of Empowering Poetry - The Second Edition is a compilation of thought provoking poetry that inspires its readers to transition from the darkness of fear, into the light of trust in multiple areas of life, empowering others to explore their infinite potential in life.

This full color book begins each section with one of Alicea's insightful paintings which communicate deep truths and strong emotions. Alicea's visual art complements her poetry to creatively express her passion for human progress and challenges others to embrace their unique...