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1	American Dreams more books like this by Sapphire add to wishlist One of New York's most popular performance poets, Sapphire explores the raw edges that constitute urban life. In this collection, her poems have been inspired by incidents of violence, crime in Central Park and spiritual renewal after addiction. see all copies from $3.04! new only from $7.39! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
2	The Rose That Grew from Concrete more books like this by Tupac Shakur add to wishlist By the time of his murder at the age of 25, Tupac Shakur was a major force in rap music, with a dozen albums and six movies under his belt. But this collection of poems, written in a poetry workshop by the future star at the age of 19, shows that Shakur possessed both a poet's disarming simplicity and a writer's raw talent well before the start of ... see all copies from $5.00! new only from $7.14! \| first editions \| SVS
3	Complete collected poems of Maya Angelou more books like this by Maya Angelou add to wishlist Maya Angelou's poetry - lyrical and dramatic, exuberant and playful - speaks of love, longings, partings; of Saturday night partying and the smells and sounds of Southern cities; of freedom and shattered dreams. Of her poetry, Kirkus Reviews has written, 'It is just as much a part of her autobiography as I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, Gather ... see all copies from $2.60! new only from $12.88! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
4	Omeros more books like this by Derek Walcott add to wishlist There are two currents of history in the author's poem, the visible history charted in events - the tribal losses of the American Indian and the tragedy of African enslavement - and the interior, unwritten epic fashioned from the suffering of the individual in exile. see all copies from $2.34! new only from $4.32! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
5	Native Guard more books like this by Natasha Trethewey add to wishlist Growing up in the Deep South, Natasha Trethewey was never told that in her hometown of Gulfport, Mississippi, black soldiers had played a pivotal role in the Civil War. Off the coast, on Ship Island, stood a fort that had once been a Union prison housing Confederate captives. Protecting the fort was the second regiment of the Louisiana Native ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
6	Phenomenal Woman: Four Poems Celebrating Women more books like this by Dr. Maya Angelou add to wishlist Maya Angelou, the bestselling author of On the Pulse of Morning, Wouldn't Take Nothing for My Journey Now, and other lavishly praised works, is considered one of America's finest poets. Here, four of her most highly acclaimed poems are assembled in a beautiful gift edition that provides a feast for the eyes as well as the heart. (Poetry) see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.69! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
7	The Collected Poems of Langston Hughes more books like this by Langston Hughes, Professor Arnold Rampersad (Editor), David E Roessel (Editor) add to wishlist Hughes identified it as his mission as a writer "to explain and illuminate the Negro condition in America." His poetry was heavily influenced by black oral tradition, jazz, and folklore, and he continually attempted to mirror the black experience, in all its diversity, in his work. see all copies from $7.77! new only from $12.03! \| first editions \| SVS
8	Heart of a Woman more books like this by Dr. Maya Angelou add to wishlist HEART OF A WOMEN, the fourth volume of Maya Angelou's autobiography, describes the beginning of her writing career and the years when she first became politically active, relating encounters with the Harlem Writers Guild and Martin Luther King, Jr. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
9	Amazing Peace: A Christmas Poem more books like this by Dr. Maya Angelou add to wishlist Maya Angelou's moving poem is a radiant affirmation of the goodness of humanity. First read at the 2005 White House tree-lighting ceremony, it comes alive again as a fully illustrated children's book, celebrating the promise of peace in the holiday season. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $6.00! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
10	The Collected Poetry of Nikki Giovanni: 1968-1998 more books like this by Nikki Giovanni add to wishlist For the first time gathered in one volume comes the complete poetry collection of work by Nikki Giovanni. see all copies from $2.15! new only from $3.25! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
11 view cover	Death and the Kings Horseman more books like this by Wole Soyinka add to wishlist In the traditional Nigerian village where this play is set, custom demands that the King's chief horseman accompany his ruler into the afterlife by committing suicide when the King dies. When the King in this play dies, his horseman is relieved when he is barred from his traditional role by the colonial powers that have taken control of his ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $6.46! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
12 view cover	The Epic of Gilgamesh more books like this by Maureen G Kovacs add to wishlist Since the discovery over one hundred years ago of a body of Mesopotamian poetry preserved on clay tablets, what has come to be known as the Epic of Gilgamesh has been considered a masterpiece of ancient literature. It recounts the deeds of a hero-king of ancient Mesopotamia, following him through adventures and encounters with men and gods alike. ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $7.96! \| SVS
13 view cover	Phenomenal Woman more books like this by Dr. Maya Angelou (Read by) add to wishlist These four poems, all of them in praise of women, are among Angelou's most beloved works: "Phenomenal Woman," "And Still I Rise," "Weekend Glory," and "Our Grandmothers." see all copies from $1.99! new only from $11.93! \| first editions \| SVS
14 view cover	Carver: A Life in Poems more books like this by Marilyn Nelson add to wishlist This collection of poems provides a lyrical account of the life of George Washington Carver, a man born into slavery who went on to head the agricultural department at the Tuskegee Institute. Illustrations. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $6.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
15 view cover	Blessing the Boats: New and Selected Poems 1988-20 more books like this by Lucille Clifton add to wishlist Nineteen new poems are included in this volume of selected poems by Lucille Clifton which draws on her books written during the last 12 years of the 20th century. Clifton's themes meld the private with the public, as her meditations on race and history are informed by her identity as an African-American woman. A survivor of breast cancer and ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $5.95! \| signed copies \| first editions
16 view cover	Gilgamesh more books like this by John Gardner add to wishlist Critics acclaim the poetic richness of John Gardner's translation of this ancient epic poem (originally written in cuneiform on clay tablets in c. 1000 B.C.). The poem tells the story of a vast flood and the ark that saved mankind, and of Gilgamesh, the ruler of the walled Babylonian city of Uruk who, with his friend Enkidu, a wild man of the ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $6.75! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
17 view cover	Sleeping with the Dictionary more books like this by Harryette Romell Mullen add to wishlist Harryette Mullen's fifth poetry collection, "Sleeping with the Dictionary", is the abecedarian offspring of her collaboration with two of the poet's most seductive writing partners, "Roget's Thesaurus" and "The American Heritage Dictionary". In her menage a trois with these faithful companions, the poet is aware that while Roget seems obsessed ... see all copies from $4.75! new only from $12.35! \| SVS
18 view cover	Gilgamesh Epic and Old Testament Parallels more books like this by Alexander Heidel add to wishlist Cuneiform records made some three thousand years ago are the basis for this essay on the ideas of death and the afterlife and the story of the flood which were current among the ancient people of the Tigro-Euphrates Valley. see all copies from $2.25! new only from $11.00! \| first editions \| SVS
19 view cover	Mother Love: Poems more books like this by Rita Dove add to wishlist Marking the end of Pulitzer Prize-winner Rita Dove's two-year term as Poet Laureate of the United States, this new collection again confirms her extraordinary power and grace as a poet. "Mother Love" calls upon the ancient Greek myth of Demeter and Persephone to examine the tenacity of love between mother and daughter, two tumblers locked in an ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.57! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
20 view cover	Hip Hop Speaks to Children: A Celebration of Poetry with a Beat more books like this by Nikki Giovanni (Editor), Kristen Balouch (Illustrator), Michele Noiset (Illustrator) add to wishlist Hip Hop Speaks to Children is a celebration of poetry with a beat. Like Poetry Speaks to Children, the classic book and CD that started it all, it's meant to be the beginning of a journey of discovery. see all copies from $9.99! new only from $14.75! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
21 view cover	Selected Poems of Langston Hughes more books like this by Langston Hughes add to wishlist Hughes identified it as his mission as a writer "to explain and illuminate the Negro condition in America." His poetry was heavily influenced by black oral tradition, jazz, and folklore, and he continually attempted to mirror the black experience, in all its diversity, in his work. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $9.00! \| first editions \| SVS
22 view cover	Black Poets more books like this by Dudley Randall add to wishlist Covers black American poetry from the slave songs through the 1960's. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.83! \| first editions \| SVS
23 view cover	Postmodern American Poetry: A Norton Anthology more books like this by Paul Hoover (Editor) add to wishlist Beginning in 1950 with the generation of Olson, Ashbery and Ginsberg, this is a broad survey - 411 poems by 103 poets - of the major poets and movements of the American avant-garde. Included here are the leading Beat poets, the "New York School", the Projectivists and "Deep Image" poets. Among the generation since 1975, the anthology traces the ... see all copies from $4.23! new only from $18.38! \| first editions \| SVS
24 view cover	M-A-C-N-O-L-I-A: Poems more books like this by A Van Jordan add to wishlist Tells of the thwarted dreams of teenager MacNolia Cox, the first African American finalist in a US national spelling competition. A commentary on a life and on the social and racial attitudes of 1930s Depression America, this collection opens with MacNolia's obituary. see all copies from $4.96! new only from $7.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
25 view cover	On the Pulse of Morning more books like this by Dr. Maya Angelou add to wishlist From the author of I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings and The Heart of a Woman comes a beautifully packaged hardcover edition of the poem that captivated the nation and quickly became a national bestseller. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS

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