poem book
Subject:
English [1]
Tags:
Literature [3]
Audre Lorde [4]
Black feminism [5]
Feminism [6]
British poetry [7]
Coal [8]
Poetry [9]
AUDRE LORDE Audre Lorde was very well known in the African American community. Her poetry was published often during the 1960?s and included in black literary magazines. She was also politically involved in anti-war and feminist movements during this time. Audre Lorde based her poetry on differences including the contrast between certain groups of women. She was against feminism and racism she felt that her writings gave African American women a voice towards the community. COPING It has rained for five days running the world is a round puddle of sunless water where small islands are only beginning to cope a young boy in my garden is bailing out water from his flower patch when I ask him why he tells me young seeds that have not seen sun forget and drown easily.