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WANDA COLEMAN

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Poems found: 734

1746 CHEROKEE NORTH

24 HOURS UP

3 AM BREAKFAST AT THE SOUTHTOWN

436 MOONS

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

8 P.M. DISPUTE

A STONEHOLD

ABOUT FLOWERS

ABOUT GOD & THINGS

ABOUT MISTAKES

ACCOUNTS PAYABLE

AFRICA

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

AL 1968

ALL ABOUT HUMBUG

ALL AMERICAN SOFT LIFE SWEEPSTAKES

ALL MAPS TELL LIES

ALL OF THAT

ALSO KNOWN AS THE BISHOP OF BOP

AMERICAN SONNET (1)

AMERICAN SONNET (10)

AMERICAN SONNET (10)

AMERICAN SONNET (11)

AMERICAN SONNET (2)

AMERICAN SONNET (3)

AMERICAN SONNET (35)

AMERICAN SONNET (35)

AMERICAN SONNET (4)

AMERICAN SONNET (5)

AMERICAN SONNET (54)

AMERICAN SONNET (55)

AMERICAN SONNET (6)

AMERICAN SONNET (8)

AMERICAN SONNET (83)

AMERICAN SONNET (86)

AMERICAN SONNET (9)

AMERICAN SONNET (91)

AMERICAN URBAN CAMP

ANALECTS

AND GOD LIVES IN CHICAGO

ANGERED TO SILENCE

APPLEJUICE

APTITUDE TEST

AR'IOCH

ARRIVAL BY SUNRISE

ARS POETICS

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)

ARTICLE IN THE NEWSPAPER

AS AN ARBUS

AS SEEN THRU WINDOWS

ASHMAN

AT THE JAZZ CLUB HE BECOMES A GHOST

AT THE RECORD HOP

AT THE STOP

AUGURIES (1)

AUGURIES (2)

AUGURIES (3)

AUGURIES (4)

AUGURIES (5)

AUGURIES (6)

AUGUST 29TH 1970

AUNT JESSIE

AUNT TERESA

AYIN OR NO ONE

BABY I'VE GOT THE REDS

BABY MAKER

BAD

BAD

BAD EYES & THE WRONG PRESCRIPTION

BAPTISM

BARRY'S GOODBYE

BEACHES. WHY I DON'T CARE FOR THEM

BEATING HEAD

BEDTIME STORY

BEDTIME STORY

BELLGLORIA

BERNADETTE NEXT DOOR

BESERK ON HOLLYWOOD BOULEVARD

BETWEEN HOT TOES & COOL RAIN

BEYOND THE LAKE OF MEMORIES

BIG FOOT

BIRD EVIDENCE

BLACK AGAINST THE NIGHT

BLACK BULLFIGHTER

BLACK DUST

BLACK IRIS

BLACK MADONNA

BLACK MAN ACCIDENTALLY KILLED HIMSELF

BLACK POET DEATH ATTICA 92A2687

BLACK ROSE

BLACK WOMAN'S HOLE

BLACK-HANDED CURSE

BLUE GLASS

BLUE LADY THINGS

BLUE PERIOD

BLUES FOR THE MAN ON SAX (1)

BLUES FOR THE MAN ON SAX (2)

BLUES FOR THE MAN ON SAX (3)

BLUES OFF KEY

BOJACK SAM DEALIN' MAN

BONES

BONES OF CONTENTION

BOTTOM OUT BLUES

BOURGEOIS NEGRO ROOTS

BRASS MONKEY GOSPEL

BREAST EXAMINATION

BRIEF VISIT TO PARADISE

BROKEN CAR WINDOW

BRUNO

BRUTE STRENGTH

BUBBLE EYES DECLARES WAR

BUDDHA BELLY

BURNT

BUT, RUBY MY DEAR

BUTTAH

BWANA MOON

BY WATCHIN' DADDY I LEARN ABOUT MEN & STUFF

CAFE SOCIETY

CANCER

CAPTAIN JERKOFF AND LA GIOCONDA

CASTING CALL

CASTING CALL (2)

CASTING CALL (2)

CHAIR AFFAIR

CHAIR AFFAIR (ALTERNATE VERSION)

CHANCE MUSIC

CHAPTER 2 OF THE STORY

CHIP ON MY SHOULDER BELONGS TO HER

CHUCK MAN

CIVILIZED PLAGUE

CLOSING TIME

CLOWN MEDITATION

CLOWN SHOW

CO-STAR

COFFEE

COLD WATER CANYON

COLLAGE

COLLAGE

COLORISM

CONFERENCE

CONFESSIONS NOIRES

COSMIC RAINBOW NIGGAH JAM

COUSIN MARY

CREATURE OF TWO WORLDS

CRIMINAL BEHAVIOR

CROAKERS

CURRENT EVENTS

CURRENT EVENTS (2)

CURRENT EVENTS (3)

DANCER IN THE WINDOW

DANGEROUS SUBJECTS

DARWINIAN EBB

DAVID POLION

DAY OF REMEMBRANCE

DEAR LITTLE BOY

DEAR MAMA (2)

DEAR MAMA (4)

DEAR PETER PAN

DEATH 211

DEATH 213

DEATH DON'T DRINK WATER

DEATH OF A FRIEND

DECOR

DECOR (2)

DEJA FAIT

DESERT MOTHER

DEUCE OF CUPS

DICKSBORO REFLECTIONS

DID AND DONE

DINOSAUR SONNET

DISCLOSURE

DOCTOR SPIDER

DOE EYES

DOG SUICIDE

DOING BATTLE WITH THE WOLF

DOLLS

DOLLS (2)

DOMINOES

DOWN THE RABBIT HOLE

DR. MUNGO

DREAM

DREAM 1031

DREAM 1218

DREAM 1225

DREAM 1226

DREAM 1288

DREAM 1319

DREAM 1345

DREAM 1812

DREAM 2610

DREAM 27

DREAM 28

DREAM 3232

DREAM 4994

DREAM 516

DREAM 522

DREAM 5272

DREAM 549

DREAM 711

DREAM 731

DREAM 820

DREAM 924

DREAMWALK: 1.

DREAMWALK: 3.

DREAMWALK: 4.

DREAMWALK: 5.

DREAMWALK: 6.

DREAMWALK: 7.

DREAMWALK: 8.

DRONE

DRONE

EASTER SUNRISE

EATER OF GOOD BOOKS

ECONOMICS OF SKIN

EDGE OF DAWN

EDUCATIONAL LAB COUNSELOR

EL HAJJ MALIK EL-SHABAZZ

EMMETT TILL

EMOTIONAL CON MEETS A VIRGINAL IDEAL

END OF THE CENTURY

ENEMY

ESPANTALEPSIS

ESSAY ON LANGUAGE (1)

ESSAY ON LANGUAGE (2)

ESSAY ON LANGUAGE (3)

ESSAY ON LANGUAGE (4)

ESSAY ON LANGUAGE (5)

ETHERIDGE

ETHNOGRAPHS

EYES BLEED PICTURES; TALES OF A BLACK ADVENTURER

FALSE SPRING

FAST EDDIE

FAT

FEBRUARY 11TH 1990

FEBRUARY 11TH 1990

FEMALE

FIGUEROA

FIGURES OF SPEECH

FILM 739

FIRESONG 1964

FIRST DAY OF SPRING 1985

FLAWED REPETITIONS

FLIGHT MEDITATION

FLIGHT OF THE CALIFORNIA CONDOR (2)

FLIGHT OF THE CALIFORNIA CONDOR (3)

FOR ME WHEN I AM MYSELF

FOR ONCE

FOR THE GIRL WITH CEREBRAL PALSY

FOR THE SAKE OF THE COOL

FOUR BEAUTIES

FOUR MEN

FRICK FRO

FRICK FRO (2)

FRICK FRO (3)

FROZEN IN THE BEAM OF HEADLIGHTS/EYES ON HOLD

GATHERING BONES

GEORGE 1914

GEORGE 1990

GEORGE DEATH ANNIVERSARY

GET RICH QUICK

GHETTO MOMENT

GHOST OF A DANCE

GHOST OF MANIC SILENCE

GIRLFRIENDS

GIVE ME TIME

GOD WANT HAS POSSESSED US

GONE BUT NOT FORGOTTEN

GONWANDALAND

GOSSIP

GOT LOTS OF LUMPS ON ME

HAITIAN NIGHT

HAND DANCE

HE TAKES HER TO THE MOVIES

HE TELLS ME THERE WILL BE NOTHING

HE TOOK HIS LOVE IN PARTS

HEAVY DAUGHTER BLUES

HECUBA ON SUNSET (1)

HECUBA ON SUNSET (2)

HEEBEEGEEBEES

HERITAGE

HIGH TIME LOVERS

HIS COMMENTS AFTER HER HANGING

HIS EYES INTO THE ROOM

HIS HAIR

HIS OLD FLAME LADY VENICE

HIS ONE AND ONLY

HIS WOMAN HIS PARTY HIS PRICE

HOLDING THE SIDEWALK DOWN

HOLLYWOOD THEOLOGY

HOLLYWOOD ZEN

HOMAGE TO AN OLD WHITE LADY GROWN ILL

HOUSE OF BLUE LIGHTS

HOW DOES IT HURT

HOW TO FIX A BAD MAN HEX

HUH

HYDROQUEEN

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 THAT OTHER FANTASY WHERE WE LIVE FOREVER

IN THE KITCHEN MY POTATOES ARE POLEMICAL

INDIAN SUMMER

INTERVIEWEE

INTRUDER

INVITATION TO A GUNFIGHTER

ISM

IT SHOULD'VE BEEN A RAINY DAY

JACKET

JASS MAN

JAZZ WAZZ

JAZZ WHINE

JERRY 1965

JERRY 1969

JOB HUNTER

JOE TWO WINES

JOSEPHINE YOUR BIG MOUTH

JUICE MONEY

JUMP SONG

JUNE STREET

JUST ANOTHER HOLLYWOOD SUMMER

JUST BEFORE GEORGE RISES

KATHY (2)

KING CREOLE

KOANS

KOANS (2)

LA DOLCE MORTE

LADY OF THE CANS

LAINPAY UTHTRAY

LANDING PLACE

LAS TURISTAS NEGRAS GRANDE

LATE 80S PARTY

LATE BROADCAST NEWS

LATE ONE NIGHT

LAYING DOWN BLUES

LETTER TO MY OLDER SISTER

LETTER TO MY OLDER SISTER (2)

LEVELS OF MEANING

LIBRARY

LIFE AS A CARTOON

LIFE AS A CARTOON (2)

LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT

LIKE LOVE

LIKE LOVE (2)

LIVE FAST DIE SLOW ANIMALS

LORD BILLY'S WOMAN

LOS ANGELES BORN & BURIED

LOVE BANDIT

LOVE BANDIT (2)

LOVIN' BREAKFAST BLUES

LUZ

LYRIC

MACHOSPITAL

MAINTENANCE ENGINEER PART TIME

MALE ORDER CATALOG

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

MARRIAGE BY CAPTURE

MARRIAGE OF BODIES

MASTECTOMY

MASTECTOMY

MEAN MACHINE

MEANWHILE IN MANHATTAN

MEDIOCRE MADONNA

MESSAGE FROM XANADU

MESSAGE FROM XANADU (2)

MESSAGE FROM XANADU (2)

MESSENGER'S LAIR

MEXICO ENTERED THE DOOR WITH HIM ON THE WIND

MIDAS TOUCH

MIDNIGHT CARRIES ME SOUTH ALONG ILLUSION AVENUE

MISS JONES

MISS JONES

MISS NATTY ANN

MISTAH MOUSE

MISTER CLARK

MIZ SAMBO AND THE TIGERS

MOANIN' GROANIN' BLUES

MOJAVE WINTER

MOON LAYING ON HER SIDE

MORNING

MORNING WIDOW'S SONG

MORNINGSIDE PARK

MOTEL

MOTH

MOTHER OF THE THIN LIE

MOTHER TAYLOR

MOTHER THE FLESH

MOUNTAINS ENTRAILS CURLING DOWN AND OUT THE HOLE ...

MR. LOPEZ

MR. WALTER

MS. PAC MAN

MS. PAC MAN

MY DADDY BE A BABY

MY ENLARGED HEART

MY SHOW

NATURAL HABITAT OF THINGS THAT BITE

NEGATIVE PORTIONS

NEGRO HISTORY 281

NERUDA

NEW LEAF

NIGGER'S VOICE FEELS CURIOUSLY COOL

NO MALICE IN MOVIELAND

NO WOMAN'S LAND

NOBODY WANTS TO KNOW MY NAME

NOBODY WNATS TO KNOW MY NAME

NOCTURNE

NODOMANIA (3)

NOISE

NOISE (2)

NOSOMANIA

NOSOMANIA (2)

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

OBITUARIES

ODE FOR DONNY HATHAWAY

ODE FOR DONNY HATHAWAY

OF AN ABSENCE

OF APES AND MEN

OF NO FEATHER

OFFERING OF PAWS

OFFICE

OFFICE POLITICS

OFFICE POLITICS

OLD BLACK LADY NEXT DOOR, WALKING

OLD CHOKE

OLD WHITE MAN

ON HEAVEN STREET AT ONE A.M.

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

ON THE ASPHALT

ON THE OTHER END OF MELROSE

ON THE RIGHTEOUS BADMOUTH

ON THE TRAIN

ONCE MORE

ONE OF A MILLION

ONE WHO CAN

OUTFIT

OUTSIDE MY SPHERE

PACE SETTER

PIGGING OUT

POEM FOR PAUL - JULY 1975

POET AFTER SURGERY

POETRY LESSON NUMBER ONE

POETRY LESSON NUMBER THREE

POETRY LESSON NUMBER TWO

POST-MODERN POUNDING

POW/MIA

PRANCING IN MY SLEEP

PREDETERMINATION

PREFACE TO A TWENTY VOLUME SPASM

PRISONER OF LOS ANGELES (3)

PROPAGANDA

PROSODIA CENTO: MORPHIA SPEAKS

PROVE IT WHY DON'T YOU

PROVISOS

PRUNE SPOON JUNE

PSEUDO DICKINSONIAN CENTO BLUES

Q & A

QUEEN OF SINKING SAND

QUESTION OF BLOOD

QUOTH THE RAVEN

RAGE REVIVIFIED

RAPPING WITH OPPORTUNITY

RAYMOND AND ROMANCE

REFUGEE FROM VACAVILLE

REGIONS OF DESERTS

REGURGITATIONS

REQUIEM FOR A NEST

RERUN

RERUN (2)

RETURN TO DJERASSI

RETURNED TO THE POPULATION

REVERSAL FOR THE NINE OF SPADES

REVISITING FEAR AND MEMPHIS

REVISITING THE WOOD

ROACHES

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.

RULES

SACRED HISTORY OF THE GONE

SALVATION WAX

SAN ANSELMO 1966

SAN DIEGO

SAPPHIRE AS ARTIST IN THE WORLD

SCIENCE OF IMMORTALITY

SCRATCH ME

SCYLLA & CHARYBDIS

SECOND CLASS ANGEL

SECRET TONGUE OF THE GONE

SELF-IMMOLATION

SENORA MOSQUITO

SESSIONS

SEX AND POLITICS IN FAIRYLAND

SHARON

SHE'S THERE AMONG THE NOTES AWAITING TRANSLATION

SHIT WORKER IN GENERAL

SIDEWALK

SIDEWALK SHEIKS, HOLLYWOOD 1981

SIGNATURES (1)

SIGNATURES (2)

SIGNATURES (3)

SILVER SATIN NIGGAH RIDES

SKIN

SKULL RECKONING

SMALL TALK ABOUT THE WEATHER

SNEAKER

SOCIOPOLITICAL ABUSE

SOCIOPOLITICAL ABUSE (2)

SOME OF US

SOME SUSPECT ADVICE

SOMEONE'S BROUGHT IN FRESH CUTTINGS

SOMETHING IN MY THROAT

SON OF A

SONG OF ONE

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SONNETS: 26

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SORCERESS OF MUNTU

SOUL EYES

SOUTHWESTERN SOUL

SOUTHWESTERN SOULD

SPACE TRAVEL

SPLITZ

STAMPEDE

STANDOFF IN EAST HOLLYWOOD

STARBOUND

STARVED FOR AFFECTION BLUES

STAYING AND NOT STAYING

STEEL

STEPHEN 1980

STEPHEN GONE

STONE CAT

STONE ROCK LADY

STRAPPING

STRAYHORN

SUDDEN VACANCY

SUNSET LIANA

SUSANNAH YOUR SMALLNESS & CEDAR HAIR

SWEET MAMA WANDA TELLS FORTUNES FOR A PRICE

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)

SWEETENING

SYSTEM

TAKIN' A HEAD COUNT

TALK ABOUT DADDY

TALK ABOUT THE MONEY

TAO OF UNEMPLOYMENT

TENDER OF SPLENDOR

TEQUILA SUNRISE

THE AMERICAN DREAM

THE CALIFORNIA CRACK

THE DEUCE OF CLUBS

THE ISM

THE OLD WHITE MAN

THE SATURDAY AFTERNOON BLUES

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

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

THEY'LL STARVE YOU

THIEF OF SPADES

THINGS HE TAUGHT ME

THINGS NO ONE KNOWS

THIRD PARTY

THIRTEEN WAYS OF LOOKING AT A BLUESBIRD

THIS IS NOT MY LIFE ANYMORE

THIS TOO AN ILLUSION

THREE TREES

THRU THE GAP

TIME COMES WHEN YOU KNOW

TO THE ORIGINAL POET

TO THE OTHER WANDA COLEMAN

TODAY

TODAY I AM A HOMICIDE IN THE NORTH OF THE CITY

TODAY I AM A HOMICIDE IN THE NORTH OF THE CITY

TOMBOY

TOTI'S BOWL: 1.

TOTI'S BOWL: 2.

TOTI'S BOWL: 3.

TOUGH LANGUAGE

TREADMILL (1)

TREADMILL (2)

TROUBLE ON MY DOORSTEP BLUES

TRYING ON HIS CLOTHES

TRYING TO GET IN

TWO TIMES BABY

UCLA GRAFFITI BIO MED LIBRARY

UMBRELLAS OF TEJON-LEBEC

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

UNTITLED

UNTITLED

VARIATION ON A FAIRYTALE

VARIATIONS ON A BLUES MOTIF

VERMONT MEETS MELROSE

VET

VIOLENCES

VOICES

WAIT

WAITING FOR PAUL

WALKIN' PAPERS BLUES (URBAN BLUES/JASS SERIES)

WANDA IN WORRYLAND

WANDA WHY AREN'T YOU DEAD

WANT ADS

WATCHING

WATCHING

WAY THEY FEEL

WE COULD'VE MADE IT IF

WE MEET THE BLACK RIMBAUD

WELFARE QUEAN

WET THURSDAY

WHALES

WHAT HAPPENED IN PEORIA

WHAT HE GAVE ME

WHAT I KNOW OF MY MAN

WHAT I KNOW OF MY MAN

WHAT IS IT ABOUT US

WHAT IT MEANS TO BE DARK

WHAT MUST BE REMEMBERED

WHAT THE BEAST EATS

WHAT THE MOON SAW

WHAT THE WALLS SAY

WHAT TO DO ABOUT BILLIE HOLIDAY: THE ANSWER

WHEN I SENSE THE SHADOW

WHERE I LIVE

WHERE I LIVE

WHEYLAN 1963

WHY I DON'T WRITE LOVE POEMS FOR YOU

WOMAN ALONE BUT NOT LONELY

WOMAN AND HER THANG

WOMAN EATER

WOMAN ON SAND

WOMAN WHO WENT UP IN SMOKE

WOMEN IN MY LIFE

WOMEN OF MY COLOR

WORD GAME

WORKER (2)

WRITER'S REQUIEM

YOU HEAR ABOUT THEM

YOU JUDGE A MAN BY THE SILENCE HE KEEPS



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