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Category: Poetry
The Question of the ‘Brahmin’ and the ‘Dalit’
“As Fanon put it half a century ago: ‘I am not a potentiality of something; I am fully what I … More
To a Certain Lady, in Her Garden by Sterling Brown 1901 – 1989
Brown’s poetry was influenced by jazz, the blues, work songs and spirituals. Like Langston Hughes, Jean Toomer, Countee Cullen, and … More
Hope – Clara Ann Thompson 1869 – 1949
The saddest day will have an eve, The darkest night, a morn;Think not, when clouds are thick and dark, Thy … More
If Thou Shouldst Return – Clara Ann Thompson 1869 – 1949
If thou shouldst return with the sweet words of love, So earnestly spoken that day,Methinks that thy words, this sad … More
I, Too – Langston Hughes (1901-1967)
Solace ~ Clarissa Scott Delany (1901 – 1927)
My window opens out into the trees And in that small space Of branches and of sky I see the … More
How to Read a Poem
Reading poetry well is part attitude and part technique. Curiosity is a useful attitude, especially when it’s free of preconceived … More
How Does Poetry Help?
The useless poem-product unmasks our dependency on commodity goods, on the commodification of our lives and ourselves, and momentarily blunts … More
The Innumerable by Fernando Pessoa (from Poetic Outlaws)
The innumerable live in us;when I think or feel, I do not knowwho it is thinks or feels.I am merely … More
Know Thyself 