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Some Bright Elegance - Kayo Chingonyi
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Joelle Taylor
B. 1967
'To write a poem as a working-class woman is an act of courage, of resistance. To perform it is a revolution' – Joelle Tayor
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What Do I Know - Celia A Sorhaindo
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Nine Nights - Malika Booker
Poet
Malika Booker
B. 1970
“She is a black statue in a whitewashed wooden chair, a dilapidated board house, sitting still till dusk spreads her silk petticoat across the sagging sky and bats swarm into the evening’s canvas.”
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The Long Duration of a Split Second - Nick Makoha
Poetry Archive Now
by Jehane Markham