Category: Poetry

Posted in Black Interest Poetry

The Collected Poems of Audre Lorde by Audre Lorde

Audre Lorde | The Collected Poems of Audre Lorde | A complete collection-over 300 poems-from one of this country’s most influential poets. ‘These are poems which blaze and pulse on the page.’–Adrienne

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hart island by Stacy Szymaszek

Stacy Szymaszek | hart island | In hart island, the poet narrator walks and works in the East Village of Manhattan navigating the day to day needs and desires of a community, an orga

Posted in Play Poetry

Ariadne. a Play in Three Acts And Poems by Adrienne Rich

Adrienne Rich | Ariadne. a Play in Three Acts And Poems | First edition of the poet’s extremely rare first book, privately printed by her parents when she was just ten years old. Adrienne Rich’s father was th

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Like a Beggar by Ellen Bass

Ellen Bass | Like a Beggar | ‘Ellen Bass brings a deft touch as she continues her ongoing interrogations of crucial moral issues of our times, while simultaneously delighting in e

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The Female Freeway by Lynn Lonidier

Lynn Lonidier | The Female Freeway | Collection of poetry by the teacher, author, and multimedia and theater/performance artist who was active in the San Francisco literary scene especial

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Last Psalm At Sea Level by Day Meg

Day Meg | Last Psalm At Sea Level | Lovely does not suffice, nor does lyric. Eloquence is only a grasping in the space of ineffable air. There are few words or phrases that do justice to

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Bestiary by Donika Kelly

Donika Kelly | Bestiary | I thought myself lion and serpent. Thought

myself body enough for two, for we.

Found comfort in never being lonely.

What burst fr

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Cracks by Lilian Mohin

Lilian Mohin | Cracks | an early collection of 20 poems 1974-75, produced at the Camberwell School of Art & Craft on art paper with string ties – Mohin is a lesbian feminist

Posted in Grier Rated Poetry

Night Rained Her by Isel Rivero

Isel Rivero | Night Rained Her | Twenty-one poems on love, accompanied by a number of black and white facsimile sketches by Carol Henderson. 200 handbound copies.

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Blind Girl Grunt by Constance Merritt

Constance Merritt | Blind Girl Grunt | These poems are brilliant and dangerous. The opening poem, “Invisible Woman, Dancing,” is the best protest poem of the decade. The speaker attends a p