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TOI DERRICOTTE

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Poems found: 148

FOR THE DEAD AT JACKSON STATE

AERIAL PHOTOGRAPH BEFORE THE ATOMIC BOMB

ALLEN GINSBERG

BEFORE MAKING LOVE

BOOKSTORE

BOY AT THE PATERSON FALLS

FOR A GODCHILD, REGINA, ON THE OCCASION OF HER FIRST LOVE

HESTER'S SONG

IN KNOWLWEDGE OF YOUNG BOYS

IN AN URBAN SCHOOL

PASSING (2)

SITTING WITH MYSELF IN THE SETON HALL DELI AT 12 O'CLOCK THURSDAY

THE DAMNED

THE FRIENDSHIP

THE MINKS

THE POLISHERS OF BRASS

WORKSHOP ON RACISM (1)

ELEGY FOR MY HUSBAND

THE WEAKNESS

BLACK BOYS PLAY THE CLASSICS

INVISIBLE DREAMS

NOT FORGOTTEN

STINKBUGS

A MEMORY

A NOTE ON MY SON'S FACE

BLACKBOTTOM: 1945

CHRISTMAS EVE: MY MOTHER DRESSING

FEARS OF THE EIGHTH GRADE

ON THE TURNING UP OF UNIDENTIFIED BLACK FEMALE CORPSES

POEM FOR MY FATHER

SATURDAY NIGHT

ST. PETER CLAVER

FOR THE DEAD AT JACKSON STATE

1:30 A.M.

NOTE ON MY SON'S FACE

ABUSE

ADVICE TO SOMEBODY WAKING UP

AERIAL PHOTOGRAPH BEFORE THE ATOMIC BOMB

AFTER A READING AT A BLACK COLLEGE

ALLEN GINSBERG

AFRICAN/AMERICAN IN PARIS

AT A COCKTAIL PARTY HONORING A NOTED OLD SOUTHERN WRITER (1)

AT A COCKTAIL PARTY HONORING A NOTED OLD SOUTHERN WRITER (2)

AT WINTERGREEN: A RETREAT FOR AFRICAN-AMERICAN WOMEN WRITERS

BEFORE MAKING LOVE

BLACK BOYS PLAY THE CLASSICS

BLACKBOTTOM: 1945

BOOKS

BOOKSTORE

BOY AT THE PATERSON FALLS

BROTHER

CHRISTMAS EVE: MY MOTHER DRESSING

CLITORIS

COLOR LINE

COMING

DEAD BABY SPEAKS

DEATH AT STILL POINT

EXITS FROM ELMINA CASTLE: CAPE COAST, GHANA; ABOVE ELMINA

EXITS FROM ELMINA CASTLE: CAPE COAST, GHANA; BENEATH ELMINA

EXITS FROM ELMINA CASTLE: CAPE COAST, GHANA; MARKET

EXITS FROM ELMINA CASTLE: CAPE COAST, GHANA; POWER

EXITS FROM ELMINA CASTLE: CAPE COAST, GHANA; SLAVERY

EXITS FROM ELMINA CASTLE: CAPE COAST, GHANA; THE JOURNEY

EXITS FROM ELMINA CASTLE: CAPE COAST, GHANA; THE TOUR

EXITS FROM ELMINA CASTLE: CAPE COAST, GHANA; TOURISTS' LUNCH

FAMILY SECRETS

FEARS OF THE EIGHTH GRADE

FIELD TRIP

FIFTY

FOR A GODCHILD, REGINA, ON THE OCCASION OF HER FIRST LOVE

FOR A MAN WHO SPEAKS WITH BIRDS

FOR BLACK WOMEN WHO ARE AFRAID

FOR MY UNNAMED BROTHER (1943-1943)

FOR SHARAN STRANGE, AFTER A READING

FOR SISTER SUE ELLEN AND HER SPECIAL MESSENGER

FOR SONIA SANCHEZ ON THE PUBLICATION OF SHAKE LOOSE MY SKIN, 1999

FOR THE DISHWASHER AT BOOTHMAN'S

FROM A LETTER: ABOUT SNOW

GOOD SEASON FOR FLEAS

GRACE PALEY READING

HAMTRAMCK: THE POLISH WOMEN

HESTER'S SONG

HIGH SCHOOL

HOLY CROSS HOSPITAL

IN AN URBAN SCHOOL

IN KNOWLWEDGE OF YOUNG BOYS

IN THE MOUNTAINS

INVENTORY

INVISIBLE DREAMS

JOSEPH'S DREAM

LEAVING

LETTER TO MISS GLAZER

MY DAD & SARDINES

MY FATHER STILL SLEEPING AFTER SURGERY

MY MOTHER AND DUKE ELLINGTON

MY UNCLE & WHITE PEOPLE

NATURAL BIRTH, SELS.

NOT FORGOTTEN

ON KATCHIMAC BAY: HOMER, ALASKA

ON STOPPING LATE IN THE AFTERNOON FOR STEAMED DUMPLINGS

ON THE MIRACLE OF THE CRYING STATUE: BEFORE YOU BEGIN

ON THE TURNING UP OF UNIDENTIFIED BLACK FEMALE CORPSES

PASSING (1)

PASSING (2)

PLAID PANTS

POEM FOR MY FATHER

POET

SHOE REPAIR BUSINESS

SITTING WITH MYSELF IN THE SETON HALL DELI AT 12 O'CLOCK THURSDAY

SONG FOR A HAT

SOUL

SQUEAKY BED

ST. PETER CLAVER

STUCK

TENDER

BLESSING

BODY AWAKENING

CHOICE

CHRIST CHILD SPEAKS TO ST. ANTHONY

DAMNED

DISTRUST OF LOGIC

FEEDING

FRIENDSHIP

FURIOUS BOY

GOOD OLD DOG

HOUSE ON NORWOOD

MINKS

MIRROR POEMS, SELS.

ORIGINS OF THE ARTIST: NATALIE COLE

POLISHERS OF BRASS

PRESENTATION

PROMISE

RICE KING OF THE SOUTH

STRUGGLE

TESTIMONY OF SISTER MAUREEN

TOUCH

WEAKNESS

TIEDOWN

TO A CRUEL LOVER WHO READ ABOUT ME IN THE PAPER

TO A TRAVELER

TOUCHING / NOT TOUCHING: MY MOTHER

TRANSITION

TWO POEMS: BIRD

TWO POEMS: PERIPHERAL

WHEN MY FATHER WAS BEATING ME

WHITMAN, COME AGAIN TO THE CITIES

WORKSHOP ON RACISM (1)

WORKSHOP ON RACISM (2)



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