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Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Searching... Author: SHANGE, NTOZAKE Matches Found: 125 Shange, Ntozake Poet's Biography Alternate Author Name(s): Williams, Paulette 125 poems available by this author & SHE BLEEDS First Line: To speak - a test of silence & THEN First Line: It is possible to come %with you and be away from you simultaneously & THEN First Line: Is it possible to come ABOUT ATLANTA First Line: Cuz he's black & poor Last Line: Nothing/no signs %in atlanta ADVICE First Line: People keep tellin me to put my feet on the ground Last Line: However/ did you capture language/ is a free thing BEACH WITH OKRA & GREENS - ON THEIR HONEYMOON First Line: It be hot - & then again not BETWEEN A DANCER & A POET First Line: She swayed from the barre - taut - in control BETWEEN THE TWO OF THEM First Line: It musta happened to you %it BLACK NIGHT IN HAITI, PALAIS NATIONAL, PORT-AU-PRINCE First Line: The sailor - le marin - tells me %'there is no violence in haiti.' BLOOD RHYTHMS - BLOOD CURRENTS - BLACK N' BLUE STYLIN Poem Text First Line: Fragrant breezes in the south Subject(s): African Americans; Freedom; Conduct Of Life; Negroes; American Blacks; Liberty BOCAS: A DAUGHTER'S GEOGRAPHY Poem Text First Line: I have a daughter/ mozambique Subject(s): Blacks - History; Racism; Racial Prejudice; Bigotry BOCAS: A DAUGHTER'S GEOGRAPHY First Line: I have a daughter, mozambique Last Line: We are feeding our children the sun CHICAGO IN SAN FRANCISCO & YOU First Line: I get inspired in the middle of the nite %when you make love to me CLOSETS CONVERSATIONS WITH THE ANCESTORS First Line: They told me to travel toward the sun Variant Title(s): Ancestral Messengers / Composition 1 Subject(s): Ancestors And Ancestry CROOKED WOMAN - OKRA MEETS GREENS IN STRANGE CIRCUMSTANCES First Line: The woman dont stand up CROSS OCEANS IN MY HEART First Line: All I know is his name is james or jim shortened DARK PHASES OF WOMANHOOD' Last Line: That you like the best %you're it Subject(s): African Americans - Women DE POEMS GOTTA COME OUTTA MY CROTCH? First Line: De kings uv ancient inca-land aztec lakes DREAM OF PAIRING First Line: I dream of coupling EGO First Line: Use of the word %I is totally unjustifiable ELEGANCE IN THE EXTREME Poem Text ELEGANCE IN THE EXTREME Last Line: How to burn up discreetly Subject(s): Jazz; Music And Musicians; Taylor, Cecil (b. 1929) EXPIRIESE GIRL WANTED First Line: Whatchu gonna do %wid all them ho-mo-ny grits, gal FAME ON ALL FOURS First Line: I wrote in san francisco on %a 4 by 12 board FICTION, NON-FICTION (OKRA'S INTELLECT ADDRESS GREENS' MIND) First Line: I dreamed myself in a house of yr paintings FIVE First Line: Her dreams came true & passed FLYING-SONG First Line: I want to say these things to you FOR ALL MY DEAD & LOVED ONES First Line: Whatever shall I do with my dead FOR COLORED GIRLS Poem Text First Line: Dark phases of womanhood Subject(s): African Americans – Women FOR COLORED GIRLS WHO HAVE CONSIDERED SUICIDE ... First Line: At 4:30 a.M. %she rose Last Line: She placed the rose behind her ear %& cried herself to sleep FOR COLORED GIRLS WHO HAVE CONSIDERED SUICIDE WHEN RAINBOW First Line: Lady in blue FOR MARIAN First Line: We come to the border again FOR VICKIE MILLER First Line: I don't know exactly why out of all of us %all of us who FRANK ALBERT & VIOLA BENZENA OWENS Poem Text First Line: She waited on the 7th floor Subject(s): African Americans - Women FRANK ALBERT & VIOLA BENZENA OWENS First Line: She waited on the 7th floor Last Line: The carpenter tendin to his own %movin north Subject(s): African Americans - Women FROM OKRA TO GREENS Poem Text First Line: I haveta turn my television down sometimes cuz Variant Title(s): From Okra To Greens - A Different Love Poem Subject(s): Ethnic Groups - United States; Minorities - United States; U.s. - Race Relations FROM OKRA TO GREENS First Line: I haveta turn my television down sometimes cuz Last Line: & sure can dream gd/soppin up the pot liquor %& them peppers Variant Title(s): From Okra To Greens - A Different Love Poe Subject(s): Ethnic Groups - United States; Minorities - United States; U.s. - Race Relations FROM OKRA TO GREENS: A PERSONAL INVITATION First Line: Wd you like to make love tonite GARDENIAS ON THE BORDERLINE First Line: Imagine this is legal GET IT & FEEL GOOD First Line: You cd just take what HANDS & HOLDING HIJO DE LAS AMERICAS First Line: I must go to la costa on the atlantic side I HAD FIVE NOSE RINGS I LIVE IN MUSIC Poem Text Subject(s): Music & Musicians I LIVE IN MUSIC Last Line: Hold yrself in a music I SAT UP ONE NIGHT WALKIN A BOARDIN HOUSE I TALK TO MYSELF First Line: I can't quite remember how many question or jouralists or people I'M NOT VERY COMMUNICATIVE IN HONOR OF YR POISE IN THE FACE OF HUNGRY LIONS First Line: Yr hips n sequin slippers IN THE BLUENESS - SAYS GREENS First Line: In the middle of the nite INQUIRY First Line: My questions concern the subject poetry Last Line: Give me some more INVITATION TO MY FRIENDS First Line: You have to come with me IRREPRESSIBLY BRONZE, BEAUTIFUL AND MINE First Line: All my life they've been near me IT HASNT ALWAYS BEEN THIS WAY: 1. MOOD INDIGO First Line: It hasnt always been this way %ellington was a not a street IT HASNT ALWAYS BEEN THIS WAY: 2. IMPROVISATION First Line: There is something caught in my throat IT HASNT ALWAYS BEEN THIS WAY: 3. TAKE THE A TRAIN First Line: I could sleep with a man ITS HAPPENIN/BUT YOU DONT KNOW ABT IT First Line: These kisses are clandestine Last Line: The kisses/they %flyin %if you look at me %how you do so JONESTOWN OR THE DISCO First Line: Shall we go to jonestown or the disco Last Line: Yes lord/I'ma go to the disco/ where I cd dance myself to %death %shout hallalujah/ praise the lord JUST AS THE DEL VIKINGS STOLE MY HEART First Line: My fairy godmother retired %with the brown vs. Ferguson decision LA LUTA CONTINUA First Line: The sunlight hit jean-rene. The sepia half-moon of a LATIN NIGHT IS MONDAY First Line: Monday night is latin night LIZARD SERIES I First Line: A dogon iguana %one eye open seeing me Last Line: Crossed the border %right under %yr %eyes LOTSA BODY & CULTURAL HERITAGE First Line: Can I have a word - the word wid you LOVE & OTHER HIGHWAYS LOVIN YOU IS ECSTASY TO ME Poem Text First Line: 25 years w/ the art ensemble Last Line: Lovin you is ecstasy to me Subject(s): Jazz; Music & Musicians LOVIN YOU IS ECSTASY TO ME First Line: 25 years w %the art ensemble MARINE INSTRUCTION First Line: When a woman can walk down gold street MY FATHER IS A RETIRED MAGICIAN Poem Text Subject(s): Fathers MY FATHER IS A RETIRED MAGICIAN Last Line: & you gonna love it/bein colored/all yr life/colored & love it %love it/bein colored Subject(s): Fathers And Daughters NAPPY EDGES (A ACROSS COUNTRY SOJOURN) Poem Text First Line: St. Louis - such a colored town - a whiskey Subject(s): African Americans - Women NAPPY EDGES (A ACROSS COUNTRY SOJOURN) First Line: St. Louis - such a colored town - a whiskey Last Line: This is my space %I am not movin Subject(s): African Americans - Women NEW ORLEANS NUPTIALS First Line: I knew I'd know the ends of the earth NIGHT LETTER #3 First Line: The telephone company is harassin me in my sleep NO GUSTS OF WIND TICKLE ME First Line: I have always wisht it waznt so hot NO MORE LOVE POEMS #1 Poem Text First Line: Ever since I realized there waz someone callt / a colored girl an evil woman Subject(s): African Americans - Women NO MORE LOVE POEMS #1 First Line: Ever since I realized there waz someone callt %a colored girl an evil woman Last Line: I cdnt stand bein sorry & cololred at the same time %it's so redundant in the modern world Subject(s): African Americans - Women OAKLAND IN FEBRUARY First Line: Everyday now %somebody is gettin it on to death ODESSA First Line: Carries an old sweater OH, I'M 10 MONTHS PREGNANT First Line: I tried to tell the doctor OKRA TO GREENS - AN ASIDE ON AMSTERDAM AVENUE First Line: Spose I say I know yr leafy OKRA TO GREENS AGAIN (SPECIAL DELIVERY) First Line: What language is it in %when my bed is too big cuz yr not in it OKRA TO GREENS: A HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE OF SOUND, DOWNTOWN First Line: I thought I might be in slug's Last Line: It's ten years later/ & the changes are transcribed Subject(s): Jazz; Music & Musicians OL FASHION LADY First Line: She's got whiskers OLD MEN MEET ON BECOMIN SUCCESSFUL First Line: Why don't you go on & integrate a Last Line: Me/ didn't want certain moments at all/ I'd giv em to %anybody ONE MORE POEM FOR DOLPHY First Line: It's not like the old days %when unicorns cd only have virgins ONE THING I DONT NEED' Last Line: Steda bein sorry alla the time %enjoy bein yrself Subject(s): African Americans - Women PASSAGES: EARTH SPACE First Line: There is no one in the bottom of a champagne bottle PEOPLE OF WATTS Poem Text First Line: Where we come from, sometimes, beauty Subject(s): Los Angeles; African Americans; Negroes; American Blacks PROLOGUE: NIGHT LIGHTNING First Line: Hurricanes rattle the house, pull up trees, send roofs RESURRECTION OF THE DAUGHTER Poem Text First Line: The family had been ill for some time Subject(s): African Americans; Daughters; Family Life; Negroes; American Blacks; Relatives RESURRECTION OF THE DAUGHTER First Line: The family had been ill for some time REVELATIONS (THE NIGHT GREENS WENT OFF WITH RUTABAGA) First Line: When you disappeared %the night sat in my mouth RISE UP FALLEN FIGHTERS (OKRA TAKES UP WITH A RASTAFARI MAN) First Line: I've been married to bob marley SECHITA HAD HEARD THESE THINGS SENSES OF HERITAGE Poem Text First Line: My grandpa waz a doughboy from carolina Subject(s): Race Awareness; African Americans; Ancestors & Ancestry; Trees; Moon; Family Life; Negroes; American Blacks; Heritage; Heredity; Relatives SENSES OF HERITAGE First Line: My grandpa was a doughboy from carolina SERIOUS LESSONS LEARNED First Line: Ah haaa, beware beware my dear SEVERAL PROPOSITIONS IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NITE First Line: You are as sweet as magnolia milk SOME MEN Subject(s): Men SUSPECT IS BLACK & IN HIS EARLY 20'S First Line: In the bay area in the spring of 1974 %the black community waz besieged SYNECDOCHE - ASBURY PARK IN OCTOBER First Line: All the bldgs fell thru TAKIN A SOLO - A POETIC POSSIBILITY - A POETIC IMPERATIVE First Line: If I asked: is this james brown or clifford jordan? You wd know TANGO First Line: Loose in the brush pines TELEPHONES & OTHER FALSE GODS First Line: I feel very unsafe THINGS I WD SAY THIS WOMAN THINKS WE'RE DE BEAVOIR & JEAN PAUL First Line: Shd I have said like the lady & ben w. THREE VIEWS OF MT. FUGI First Line: She got her sister to ride wit her to the liquor store %waz TROPICAL DANCE First Line: En bahia women wrap %cloth like sun flowers TWEEN ITAPARICA & ITAPUA First Line: Itaparica is where dona flor %took her two husbands WE ARE JUST KINDA THAT WAY First Line: When ringling bros. Shows up to the madison square garden Last Line: Happiness just jump right outta us/& we lookin good WE NEED A GOD WHO BLEEDS NOW WHERE THE MISSISSIPPI MEETS THE AMAZON First Line: You fill me up so much WHISPERS WITH THE UNICORN WHO AM I THINKIN OF First Line: When I write - I think of my friends WHO IS SETTING THESE PRIORITIES? First Line: Today the cosmos satellite fell down over uranium city british columbia, canada WHO NEEDS A HEART First Line: Somewhere in soweto there's a small girl WITH NO IMMEDIATE CAUSE Poem Text First Line: Every 3 minutes a woman is beaten Subject(s): Women - Abused; Wife Beating WITH NO IMMEDIATE CAUSE First Line: Every 3 minutes a woman is beaten %every five minutes a woman is raped WOW - YR JUST LIKE A MAN! First Line: He said hangin out with her waz just like hangin out witta man WRAPPING THE WIND First Line: The waves leave the dunes sculpted YOU ARE SUCHA FOOL Poem Text First Line: You are sucha fool/ I haveta love you Subject(s): Love; Poetry & Poets YOU ARE SUCHA FOOL I HAVETA LOVE YOU Last Line: Just smile/I'll get it “SORRY” Poem Text First Line: One thing I dont need' Last Line: & no count straight out stead of being sorry all of the time enjoy being yourself Subject(s): Male-female Relationships; Love |
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