Description |
ix, 157 pages ; 21 cm |
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age Children |
Contents |
I. From I've been a woman (1978): Homecoming ; Poem at thirty ; Malcolm ; Personal letter no. 2 ; A poem for my father ; Poem no. 3 ; Blues ; Haiku ; Sequences ; Haiku ; Poem no. 8 ; Present ; Tanka ; Tanka ; A love poem written for Sterling Brown ; Kwa mama zetu waliotuzaa. II. From Homegirls and handgrenades = [Home girls and hand grenades] (1984): "Just don't never give up on love" ; Ballad ; After Saturday night comes Sunday ; I have walked a long time ; On passing thru Morgantown, Pa. ; On seeing a pacifist burn ; Letter to Ezekiel Mphahlele. -- III. From Under a soprano sky (1987): Under a soprano sky ; Philadelpia : spring, 1985 ; Haiku ; Dear Mama ; Fall ; Fragment 1 ; Fragment 2 ; Haiku ; Towhomitmayconcern = [To whom it may concern] ; Blues ; Song no. 2 ; An anthem ; Graduation notes. -- IV. From Wounded in the house of a friend (1995): Wounded in the house of a friend ; Catch the fire ; A remembrance ; Poem for July 4, 1994 ; This is not a small voice ; Like ; Haiku 1 ; Haiku 9. -- V. From Does your house have lions? (1997): Father's voice. -- VI. From Like the singing coming off the drums (1998). Dancing ; Haiku ; Tanka ; Blues Haiku [1] ; Blues Haiku [2] ; Haiku ; Love poem. -- VII. New works: Mrs. Benita Jones speaks ; Morning song and evening walk ; For sweet honey in the rock ; Aaaayeee Babo (praise God). |
Summary |
A collection of poems by award-winning poet Sonia Sanchez, drawn from throughout more than thirty years of her work. |
Subject |
African American women -- Poetry.
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African American women. |
Genre/Form |
Poetry.
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Subject |
African Americans -- Poetry.
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African Americans. |
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American poetry -- Juvenile literature.
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American poetry. |
Genre/Form |
Poetry.
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Other Form: |
Online version: Sanchez, Sonia, 1934- Shake loose my skin. Boston : Beacon Press, ©1999 (OCoLC)607106807 |
ISBN |
0807068500 (acid-free paper) |
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9780807068502 (acid-free paper) |
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0807068535 |
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9780807068533 |
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