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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
FOREDOOM, by GEORGIA DOUGLAS JOHNSON Poet's Biography
First Line: Her life was dwarfed, and wed to blight
Last Line: Her soul, a bud,—that never bloomed
Alternate Author Name(s): Tremaine, John
Subject(s): African Americans - Women; Racism; Racial Prejudice; Bigotry
First Line: Her life was dwarfed, and wed to blight
Last Line: Her soul, a bud,—that never bloomed
Alternate Author Name(s): Tremaine, John
Subject(s): African Americans - Women; Racism; Racial Prejudice; Bigotry
Other Poems of Interest...
NIGHTMARE BEGINS RESPONSIBILITY by MICHAEL S. HARPER
BLACK WOMAN by GEORGIA DOUGLAS JOHNSON
I MUST BECOME A MENACE TO MY ENEMIES by JUNE JORDAN
A SONG FOR SOWETO by JUNE JORDAN
ON THE LOSS OF ENERGY (AND OTHER THINGS) by JUNE JORDAN
POEM ABOUT POLICE VIOLENCE by JUNE JORDAN
DRAFT OF A RAP FOR WEN HO LEE by JUNE JORDAN
THE NIGHT THAT LORCA COMES by BOB KAUFMAN
THE MYSTIC RIVER by GALWAY KINNELL
TURMOIL IN A MORGUE by MAXWELL BODENHEIM