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Poetry of 5 African American Women on Straight Up! out of Brooklyn Part 1

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Poems written by 5 African American Woman Poets are recited by Stella Winston. The source was the "The Vintage Book of African American Poetry" by Michael S Harper & Anthony Walton ON BEING BOUGHT FROM AFRICA to AMERICA by Phillis Wheatley "America's First Black Woman Poet" THE SLAVE MOTHER by Frances EW Harper LETTER TO MY SISTER by ANNE Spencer REVOLUTION IS ONE FORM OF CHANGE by Audre Lorde I WANT TO DIE WHILE YOU LOVE ME by Georgia Douglas Johnson TO A DARK GIRL by Qwendolyn Bennett SADIE and MAUD by Qwendolyn Brooks TO BE IN LOVE by Qwendolyn Brooks
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Poetry

Poetry from the Greek 'poiesis'/ποίησις is a making,forming, creating, or the art of poetry, or a poem) is a form of literary art in which language is used for its aesthetic and evocative qualities in addition to, or in lieu of, its apparent meaning. Poetry may be written independently, as discrete poems or, may occur in conjunction with other arts, as in poetic drama, hymns, lyrics, or prose poetry. It is published in dedicated magazines the longest established being Poetry and Oxford Poetry, individual collections and wider anthologies.

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