Classic and Contemporary Poetry
ADMONITIONS, by LUCILLE CLIFTON Poet's Biography First Line: Boys / I don't promise you nothing Last Line: She don't have no sense Subject(s): African Americans - Women | ||||||||
View Poem Text | Discover our poem explanations - click here!Other Poems of Interest...BLUES ALABAMA by MICHAEL S. HARPER BLACK WOMAN by GEORGIA DOUGLAS JOHNSON FOREDOOM by GEORGIA DOUGLAS JOHNSON WHO SAID IT WAS SIMPLE by AUDRE LORDE ELIZABETH KECKLEY: 30 YEARS A SLAVE AND 4 YEARS IN THE WHITE HOUSE by E. ETHELBERT MILLER ON DIVERSE DEVIATIONS by MAYA ANGELOU HYMN FOR LANIE POO by AMIRI BARAKA THE DREAM SONGS: 68 by JOHN BERRYMAN |
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