Category: Poetry

Melinda M. Ponder | Katharine Lee Bates | Katharine Lee Bates’s ‘America the Beautiful’ resonates for many people as the most patriotic and beloved American anthem. Her words remind us of why

Martha Courtot | The Bird Escapes | This collection of Martha Courtot’s poetry was published posthumously by her friends and family.

Martha Courtot | Journey | …From the beginning, her poetry has expressed a deeply personal world where the lesbian collective consciousness sings and howls. Often Courtot’s po

Martha Courtot | The Drowned Girl Now Rises | ‘This creative project, submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Arts in English, contains original poetry, pr

Martha Courtot | The Woman Moving Through the Dark | Poetry by Courtot. Books are scarce, but mention is made in Contemporary Lesbian Writers of the United States: A Bio-bibliographical Critical Sourcebo

Martha Courtot | Tribes | …Tribe, published in 1977, offers eleven poems that integrate hard daily truths as they link emotions with the natural world. Like most of Courtot’s

Martha Courtot | Tribe | …Tribe, published in 1977, offers eleven poems that integrate hard daily truths as they link emotions with the natural world. Like most of Courtot’s

Robin Becker | Backtalk | As its title suggests, Backtalk, published in 1982, highlights the poet’s cheeky refusal to accept cultural norms. The volume contains some of Becker’

Robin Becker | Giacometti’s Dog | Celebratory or eligiac, these poems record the author’s “two-headed journey” to root herself – geographically and emotionally – in the world.  Becker’

Julie Blackwomon | Revolutionary Blues And Other Fevers |