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NTOZAKE SHANGE

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Poems found: 125

FOR COLORED GIRLS

ELEGANCE IN THE EXTREME

MY FATHER IS A RETIRED MAGICIAN

“SORRY”

FRANK ALBERT & VIOLA BENZENA OWENS

FROM OKRA TO GREENS

NAPPY EDGES (A ACROSS COUNTRY SOJOURN)

NO MORE LOVE POEMS #1

OKRA TO GREENS: A HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE OF SOUND, DOWNTOWN

LOVIN YOU IS ECSTASY TO ME

I LIVE IN MUSIC

PEOPLE OF WATTS

YOU ARE SUCHA FOOL

SENSES OF HERITAGE

WITH NO IMMEDIATE CAUSE

RESURRECTION OF THE DAUGHTER

BOCAS: A DAUGHTER'S GEOGRAPHY

BLOOD RHYTHMS - BLOOD CURRENTS - BLACK N' BLUE STYLIN

DARK PHASES OF WOMANHOOD'

ELEGANCE IN THE EXTREME

HANDS & HOLDING

I HAD FIVE NOSE RINGS

I LIVE IN MUSIC

I SAT UP ONE NIGHT WALKIN A BOARDIN HOUSE

I'M NOT VERY COMMUNICATIVE

MY FATHER IS A RETIRED MAGICIAN

ONE THING I DONT NEED'

SECHITA HAD HEARD THESE THINGS

OLD MEN MEET

WE NEED A GOD WHO BLEEDS NOW

YOU ARE SUCHA FOOL I HAVETA LOVE YOU

& SHE BLEEDS

& THEN

& THEN

BLACK NIGHT IN HAITI, PALAIS NATIONAL, PORT-AU-PRINCE

ABOUT ATLANTA

ADVICE

INVITATION TO MY FRIENDS

OL FASHION LADY

BETWEEN A DANCER & A POET

BETWEEN THE TWO OF THEM

BOCAS: A DAUGHTER'S GEOGRAPHY

CHICAGO IN SAN FRANCISCO & YOU

CLOSETS

CONVERSATIONS WITH THE ANCESTORS

CROOKED WOMAN - OKRA MEETS GREENS IN STRANGE CIRCUMSTANCES

CROSS OCEANS IN MY HEART

DE POEMS GOTTA COME OUTTA MY CROTCH?

DREAM OF PAIRING

EGO

EXPIRIESE GIRL WANTED

FAME ON ALL FOURS

FICTION, NON-FICTION (OKRA'S INTELLECT ADDRESS GREENS' MIND)

FIVE

FLYING-SONG

FOR ALL MY DEAD & LOVED ONES

FOR COLORED GIRLS WHO HAVE CONSIDERED SUICIDE ...

FOR COLORED GIRLS WHO HAVE CONSIDERED SUICIDE WHEN RAINBOW

FOR MARIAN

FOR VICKIE MILLER

FRANK ALBERT & VIOLA BENZENA OWENS

FROM OKRA TO GREENS

FROM OKRA TO GREENS: A PERSONAL INVITATION

GARDENIAS ON THE BORDERLINE

GET IT & FEEL GOOD

HIJO DE LAS AMERICAS

I TALK TO MYSELF

IN HONOR OF YR POISE IN THE FACE OF HUNGRY LIONS

IN THE BLUENESS - SAYS GREENS

INQUIRY

IRREPRESSIBLY BRONZE, BEAUTIFUL AND MINE

IT HASNT ALWAYS BEEN THIS WAY: 1. MOOD INDIGO

IT HASNT ALWAYS BEEN THIS WAY: 2. IMPROVISATION

IT HASNT ALWAYS BEEN THIS WAY: 3. TAKE THE A TRAIN

ITS HAPPENIN/BUT YOU DONT KNOW ABT IT

JONESTOWN OR THE DISCO

JUST AS THE DEL VIKINGS STOLE MY HEART

LA LUTA CONTINUA

LATIN NIGHT IS MONDAY

LOTSA BODY & CULTURAL HERITAGE

LOVE & OTHER HIGHWAYS

LOVIN YOU IS ECSTASY TO ME

MARINE INSTRUCTION

NAPPY EDGES (A ACROSS COUNTRY SOJOURN)

NEW ORLEANS NUPTIALS

NIGHT LETTER #3

NO GUSTS OF WIND TICKLE ME

NO MORE LOVE POEMS #1

OAKLAND IN FEBRUARY

ODESSA

OH, I'M 10 MONTHS PREGNANT

OKRA TO GREENS - AN ASIDE ON AMSTERDAM AVENUE

OKRA TO GREENS AGAIN (SPECIAL DELIVERY)

ON BECOMIN SUCCESSFUL

ONE MORE POEM FOR DOLPHY

PASSAGES: EARTH SPACE

PROLOGUE: NIGHT LIGHTNING

RESURRECTION OF THE DAUGHTER

REVELATIONS (THE NIGHT GREENS WENT OFF WITH RUTABAGA)

RISE UP FALLEN FIGHTERS (OKRA TAKES UP WITH A RASTAFARI MAN)

SENSES OF HERITAGE

SERIOUS LESSONS LEARNED

SEVERAL PROPOSITIONS IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NITE

SOME MEN

SYNECDOCHE - ASBURY PARK IN OCTOBER

TAKIN A SOLO - A POETIC POSSIBILITY - A POETIC IMPERATIVE

TANGO

TELEPHONES & OTHER FALSE GODS

BEACH WITH OKRA & GREENS - ON THEIR HONEYMOON

LIZARD SERIES I

SUSPECT IS BLACK & IN HIS EARLY 20'S

THINGS I WD SAY

THIS WOMAN THINKS WE'RE DE BEAVOIR & JEAN PAUL

THREE VIEWS OF MT. FUGI

TROPICAL DANCE

TWEEN ITAPARICA & ITAPUA

WE ARE JUST KINDA THAT WAY

WHERE THE MISSISSIPPI MEETS THE AMAZON

WHISPERS WITH THE UNICORN

WHO AM I THINKIN OF

WHO IS SETTING THESE PRIORITIES?

WHO NEEDS A HEART

WITH NO IMMEDIATE CAUSE

WOW - YR JUST LIKE A MAN!

WRAPPING THE WIND



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