Classic and Contemporary Poets

WANDA COLEMAN

Poems found: 734

AMERICAN SONNET (55)

BUT, RUBY MY DEAR

CASTING CALL (2)

OFFICE POLITICS

THE OLD WHITE MAN

TODAY I AM A HOMICIDE IN THE NORTH OF THE CITY

WHAT I KNOW OF MY MAN

AMERICAN SONNET (10)

AMERICAN SONNET (35)

IN THAT OTHER FANTASY WHERE WE LIVE FOREVER

ABOUT GOD & THINGS

AMERICAN SONNET (91)

FEBRUARY 11TH 1990

ODE FOR DONNY HATHAWAY

REQUIEM FOR A NEST

THE SATURDAY AFTERNOON BLUES

THE DEUCE OF CLUBS

THE CALIFORNIA CRACK

NOBODY WANTS TO KNOW MY NAME

THEY CAME KNOCKING ON MY DOOR AT 7 A.M.

SWEET MAMA WANDA TELLS FORTUNES FOR A PRICE

THE AMERICAN DREAM

ANGERED TO SILENCE

FROZEN IN THE BEAM OF HEADLIGHTS/EYES ON HOLD

HE TELLS ME THERE WILL BE NOTHING

SOMEONE'S BROUGHT IN FRESH CUTTINGS

THIS IS NOT MY LIFE ANYMORE

WHAT IS IT ABOUT US

WHAT TO DO ABOUT BILLIE HOLIDAY: THE ANSWER

WHEN I SENSE THE SHADOW

1746 CHEROKEE NORTH

3 AM BREAKFAST AT THE SOUTHTOWN

6 A.M. JOG IN THE DARK TO FORGET LAST NIGHT'S BAD DREAM

BLACK MAN ACCIDENTALLY KILLED HIMSELF

BLACK WOMAN'S HOLE

CIVILIZED PLAGUE

NIGGER'S VOICE FEELS CURIOUSLY COOL

QUESTION OF BLOOD

RAGE REVIVIFIED

ACCOUNTS PAYABLE

AFRICAN SLEEPING SICKNESS

AFRICAN SLEEPING SICKNESS (2)

AFRICAN SLEEPING SICKNESS (3)

AFTER HIS FLIGHT

AFTER THE POEM (3)

AFTERWARDS WE MAKE UP

AKBAR THE MAD POET

ALL ABOUT HUMBUG

ALL AMERICAN SOFT LIFE SWEEPSTAKES

ALL MAPS TELL LIES

ALSO KNOWN AS THE BISHOP OF BOP

AMERICAN SONNET (1)

AMERICAN SONNET (10)

AMERICAN SONNET (11)

AMERICAN SONNET (2)

AMERICAN SONNET (3)

AMERICAN SONNET (35)

AMERICAN SONNET (4)

AMERICAN SONNET (5)

AMERICAN SONNET (54)

AMERICAN SONNET (6)

AMERICAN SONNET (8)

AMERICAN SONNET (83)

AMERICAN SONNET (86)

AMERICAN SONNET (9)

OFFERING OF PAWS

AND GOD LIVES IN CHICAGO

ARRIVAL BY SUNRISE

ART IN THE COURT OF THE BLUE FAG

ART IN THE COURT OF THE BLUE FAG (2)

ART IN THE COURT OF THE BLUE FAG (3)

ART IN THE COURT OF THE BLUE FAG (4)

ART IN THE COURT OF THE BLUE FAG (5)

ART IN THE COURT OF THE BLUE FAG (6)

ART IN THE COURT OF THE BLUE FAG (7)

ART IN THE COURT OF THE BLUE FAG (8)

ART IN THE COURT OF THE BLUE FAG (9)

AS SEEN THRU WINDOWS

AT THE JAZZ CLUB HE BECOMES A GHOST

AT THE RECORD HOP

AUGUST 29TH 1970

BABY I'VE GOT THE REDS

BAD EYES & THE WRONG PRESCRIPTION

BARRY'S GOODBYE

BEACHES. WHY I DON'T CARE FOR THEM

BERNADETTE NEXT DOOR

BESERK ON HOLLYWOOD BOULEVARD

BETWEEN HOT TOES & COOL RAIN

BEYOND THE LAKE OF MEMORIES

BLACK AGAINST THE NIGHT

BLACK POET DEATH ATTICA 92A2687

BLACK-HANDED CURSE

BLUE LADY THINGS

BLUES FOR THE MAN ON SAX (1)

BLUES FOR THE MAN ON SAX (2)

BLUES FOR THE MAN ON SAX (3)

BOJACK SAM DEALIN' MAN

BONES OF CONTENTION

BOTTOM OUT BLUES

BOURGEOIS NEGRO ROOTS

BREAST EXAMINATION

BRIEF VISIT TO PARADISE

BUBBLE EYES DECLARES WAR

BY WATCHIN' DADDY I LEARN ABOUT MEN & STUFF

CAPTAIN JERKOFF AND LA GIOCONDA

CASTING CALL (2)

CHAIR AFFAIR (ALTERNATE VERSION)

CHAPTER 2 OF THE STORY

CLOWN MEDITATION

COLD WATER CANYON

CONFESSIONS NOIRES

COSMIC RAINBOW NIGGAH JAM

CREATURE OF TWO WORLDS

CRIMINAL BEHAVIOR

CURRENT EVENTS (2)

CURRENT EVENTS (3)

DANCER IN THE WINDOW

DANGEROUS SUBJECTS

DAY OF REMEMBRANCE

DEAR LITTLE BOY

DEATH DON'T DRINK WATER

DICKSBORO REFLECTIONS

DINOSAUR SONNET

DOING BATTLE WITH THE WOLF

DOWN THE RABBIT HOLE

EATER OF GOOD BOOKS

EL HAJJ MALIK EL-SHABAZZ

END OF THE CENTURY

ESSAY ON LANGUAGE (1)

ESSAY ON LANGUAGE (2)

ESSAY ON LANGUAGE (3)

ESSAY ON LANGUAGE (4)

ESSAY ON LANGUAGE (5)

EYES BLEED PICTURES; TALES OF A BLACK ADVENTURER

FEBRUARY 11TH 1990

FIGURES OF SPEECH

FLAWED REPETITIONS

FLIGHT MEDITATION

FLIGHT OF THE CALIFORNIA CONDOR (2)

FLIGHT OF THE CALIFORNIA CONDOR (3)

FOR ME WHEN I AM MYSELF

FOR THE GIRL WITH CEREBRAL PALSY

FOR THE SAKE OF THE COOL

GATHERING BONES

GEORGE DEATH ANNIVERSARY

GHOST OF A DANCE

GHOST OF MANIC SILENCE

GOD WANT HAS POSSESSED US

GONE BUT NOT FORGOTTEN

GOT LOTS OF LUMPS ON ME

HE TAKES HER TO THE MOVIES

HE TOOK HIS LOVE IN PARTS

HEAVY DAUGHTER BLUES

HECUBA ON SUNSET (1)

HECUBA ON SUNSET (2)

HIGH TIME LOVERS

HIS COMMENTS AFTER HER HANGING

HIS EYES INTO THE ROOM

HIS OLD FLAME LADY VENICE

HIS ONE AND ONLY

HIS WOMAN HIS PARTY HIS PRICE

HOLDING THE SIDEWALK DOWN

HOLLYWOOD THEOLOGY

HOMAGE TO AN OLD WHITE LADY GROWN ILL

HOW DOES IT HURT

HOW TO FIX A BAD MAN HEX

I AIN'T YO EARTHMAMA

I AIN'T YO EARTHMAMA (2)

I DIED WITH THE FIRST BLOW & WAS REBORN WRONG

I IMAGINE THE ANGELS OF RAGE

I LIVE FOR MY CAR

I REMEMBER ROMANCE IN THE CHEVY GRAVEYARD

I USED TO BE SO FRANK

I.S. IN THE PURPLE FELT HAT (2)

I.S. IN THE PURPLE FELT HAT (3)

IDENTIFYING MARKS

IMITATION OF DEATH

IMPERIAL HIGHWAY EXIT HOME (2)

IN A NEAR EMPTY ROOM

IN THE KITCHEN MY POTATOES ARE POLEMICAL

INVITATION TO A GUNFIGHTER

IT SHOULD'VE BEEN A RAINY DAY

JOSEPHINE YOUR BIG MOUTH

JUST ANOTHER HOLLYWOOD SUMMER

JUST BEFORE GEORGE RISES

LADY OF THE CANS

LAINPAY UTHTRAY

LAS TURISTAS NEGRAS GRANDE

LATE BROADCAST NEWS

LETTER TO MY OLDER SISTER

LETTER TO MY OLDER SISTER (2)

LEVELS OF MEANING

LIFE AS A CARTOON

LIFE AS A CARTOON (2)

LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT

LIVE FAST DIE SLOW ANIMALS

LORD BILLY'S WOMAN

LOS ANGELES BORN & BURIED

LOVE BANDIT (2)

LOVIN' BREAKFAST BLUES

MAINTENANCE ENGINEER PART TIME

MALE ORDER CATALOG

MARRIAGE BY CAPTURE

MARRIAGE OF BODIES

MEANWHILE IN MANHATTAN

MEDIOCRE MADONNA

MESSAGE FROM XANADU

MESSAGE FROM XANADU (2)

MESSAGE FROM XANADU (2)

MEXICO ENTERED THE DOOR WITH HIM ON THE WIND

MIDNIGHT CARRIES ME SOUTH ALONG ILLUSION AVENUE

MIZ SAMBO AND THE TIGERS

MOANIN' GROANIN' BLUES

MOON LAYING ON HER SIDE

MORNING WIDOW'S SONG

MORNINGSIDE PARK

MOTHER OF THE THIN LIE

MOTHER THE FLESH

MY DADDY BE A BABY

MY ENLARGED HEART

NEGATIVE PORTIONS

NEGRO HISTORY 281

NO MALICE IN MOVIELAND

NO WOMAN'S LAND

NOBODY WNATS TO KNOW MY NAME

NOTES OF A CULTURAL TERRORIST

NOTES OF A CULTURAL TERRORIST (2)

NOVEMBER'S SONG: 1.

NOVEMBER'S SONG: 2.

O.D.'S FOR LIP CLIP & STYLE

ODE FOR DONNY HATHAWAY

OF APES AND MEN

OFFICE POLITICS

OLD BLACK LADY NEXT DOOR, WALKING

ON HEAVEN STREET AT ONE A.M.

ON THAT STUFF THAT NEVER BEEN LONG ENUFF FOR NO DAMN BODY

ON THE OTHER END OF MELROSE

ON THE RIGHTEOUS BADMOUTH

ONE OF A MILLION

OUTSIDE MY SPHERE

POEM FOR PAUL - JULY 1975

POET AFTER SURGERY

POETRY LESSON NUMBER ONE

POETRY LESSON NUMBER THREE

POETRY LESSON NUMBER TWO

POST-MODERN POUNDING

PRANCING IN MY SLEEP

PREDETERMINATION

PREFACE TO A TWENTY VOLUME SPASM

PRISONER OF LOS ANGELES (3)

PROSODIA CENTO: MORPHIA SPEAKS

PROVE IT WHY DON'T YOU

PRUNE SPOON JUNE

PSEUDO DICKINSONIAN CENTO BLUES

QUEEN OF SINKING SAND

QUOTH THE RAVEN

RAPPING WITH OPPORTUNITY

RAYMOND AND ROMANCE

REFUGEE FROM VACAVILLE

REGIONS OF DESERTS

RETURN TO DJERASSI

RETURNED TO THE POPULATION

REVERSAL FOR THE NINE OF SPADES

REVISITING FEAR AND MEMPHIS

REVISITING THE WOOD

SAN ANSELMO 1966

SAPPHIRE AS ARTIST IN THE WORLD

SCYLLA & CHARYBDIS

SECOND CLASS ANGEL

SELF-IMMOLATION

SENORA MOSQUITO

SEX AND POLITICS IN FAIRYLAND

SHE'S THERE AMONG THE NOTES AWAITING TRANSLATION

SHIT WORKER IN GENERAL

SIDEWALK SHEIKS, HOLLYWOOD 1981

SKULL RECKONING

SMALL TALK ABOUT THE WEATHER

SOCIOPOLITICAL ABUSE

SOCIOPOLITICAL ABUSE (2)

SOME SUSPECT ADVICE

SOMETHING IN MY THROAT

SORCERESS OF MUNTU

SOUTHWESTERN SOUL

SOUTHWESTERN SOULD

STANDOFF IN EAST HOLLYWOOD

STARVED FOR AFFECTION BLUES

STAYING AND NOT STAYING

STONE ROCK LADY

SUSANNAH YOUR SMALLNESS & CEDAR HAIR

SWEET MAMA WANDA TELLS FORTUNES FOR A PRICE (1)

SWEET MAMA WANDA TELLS FORTUNES FOR A PRICE (2)

SWEET MAMA WANDA TELLS FORTUNES FOR A PRICE (3)

TAKIN' A HEAD COUNT

TALK ABOUT DADDY

TALK ABOUT THE MONEY

TEQUILA SUNRISE

AMERICAN URBAN CAMP

ARTICLE IN THE NEWSPAPER

BLACK BULLFIGHTER

BRASS MONKEY GOSPEL

BROKEN CAR WINDOW

CHIP ON MY SHOULDER BELONGS TO HER

DEATH OF A FRIEND

ECONOMICS OF SKIN

EDUCATIONAL LAB COUNSELOR

EMOTIONAL CON MEETS A VIRGINAL IDEAL

FIRST DAY OF SPRING 1985

HOUSE OF BLUE LIGHTS

LAYING DOWN BLUES

MAN BEHIND THE WOMAN

MAN WHO SAW HALLEY'S COMET THE LAST TIME AROUND

MAN WITH THE HOUSE ON THE SHORE ATOP THE CLIFFS IN GHANA

MESSENGER'S LAIR

MOUNTAINS ENTRAILS CURLING DOWN AND OUT THE HOLE ...

NATURAL HABITAT OF THINGS THAT BITE

RON NARRATIVE RECONSTRUCTIONS

RON NARRATIVE RECONSTRUCTIONS: 1.

RON NARRATIVE RECONSTRUCTIONS: 2.

RON NARRATIVE RECONSTRUCTIONS: 3.

RON NARRATIVE RECONSTRUCTIONS: 4.

RON NARRATIVE RECONSTRUCTIONS: 5.

RON NARRATIVE RECONSTRUCTIONS: 6.

SACRED HISTORY OF THE GONE

SCIENCE OF IMMORTALITY

SECRET TONGUE OF THE GONE

SILVER SATIN NIGGAH RIDES

TAO OF UNEMPLOYMENT

TENDER OF SPLENDOR

THIEF OF SPADES

UMBRELLAS OF TEJON-LEBEC

WOMAN AND HER THANG

WOMAN WHO WENT UP IN SMOKE

WOMEN IN MY LIFE

THEY CAME KNOCKING ON MY DOOR AT 7 A.M.

THEY'LL STARVE YOU

THINGS HE TAUGHT ME

THINGS NO ONE KNOWS

THIRTEEN WAYS OF LOOKING AT A BLUESBIRD

THIS TOO AN ILLUSION

TIME COMES WHEN YOU KNOW

TO THE ORIGINAL POET

TO THE OTHER WANDA COLEMAN

TODAY I AM A HOMICIDE IN THE NORTH OF THE CITY

TOTI'S BOWL: 1.

TOTI'S BOWL: 2.

TOTI'S BOWL: 3.

TROUBLE ON MY DOORSTEP BLUES

TRYING ON HIS CLOTHES

TRYING TO GET IN

UCLA GRAFFITI BIO MED LIBRARY

UNFINISHED GHOST STORY

UNFINISHED GHOST STORY (2)

UNFINISHED GHOST STORY (4)

UNFINISHED GHOST STORY (5)

UNFINISHED GHOST STORY (6)

UNFINISHED GHOST STORY (7)

UNFINISHED GHOST STORY (8)

UNFINISHED SCRIPT

VARIATION ON A FAIRYTALE

VARIATIONS ON A BLUES MOTIF

VERMONT MEETS MELROSE

WAITING FOR PAUL

WALKIN' PAPERS BLUES (URBAN BLUES/JASS SERIES)

WANDA IN WORRYLAND

WANDA WHY AREN'T YOU DEAD

WE COULD'VE MADE IT IF

WE MEET THE BLACK RIMBAUD

WHAT HAPPENED IN PEORIA

WHAT HE GAVE ME

WHAT I KNOW OF MY MAN

WHAT IT MEANS TO BE DARK

WHAT MUST BE REMEMBERED

WHAT THE BEAST EATS

WHAT THE MOON SAW

WHAT THE WALLS SAY

WHY I DON'T WRITE LOVE POEMS FOR YOU

WOMAN ALONE BUT NOT LONELY

WOMEN OF MY COLOR

WRITER'S REQUIEM

YOU HEAR ABOUT THEM

YOU JUDGE A MAN BY THE SILENCE HE KEEPS

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