Beyond the Frontier: African American Poetry for the 21st Century
This anthology begins with the memory of landscapes and landmarks, presenting poems in the For My People tradition of Margaret Walker. It includes a section titled "Blood and Disappointment in the Land," which documents ongoing social struggles. Other poems focus on the love that is essential for survival, rebirth, and dreams. More than 100 prominent African American poets contribute, including the distinguished and award-winning poets Toi Derricotte, Sam Cornish, Jabari Asim, and Pinkie...
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This anthology begins with the memory of landscapes and landmarks, presenting poems in the For My People tradition of Margaret Walker. It includes a section titled “Blood and Disappointment in the Land,” which documents ongoing social struggles. Other poems focus on the love that is essential for survival, rebirth, and dreams. More than 100 prominent African American poets contribute, including the distinguished and award-winning poets Toi Derricotte, Sam Cornish, Jabari Asim, and Pinkie Gordon Lane.
After the 200th White Person Locks Her Car {...}3Exits from Elmina Castle: Cape Coast, Ghana4Born8Trying to Sleep After Studying Color Photos {...}9Invisibles10Barrage12The Woman Who Jumped14Bound15Soul Roots161619. Virginia171691. Tituba of Salem18From the Spirit of Phillis Wheatley {...}19Gone21If Harriet Tubman Were Alive Today22Circumcising Pandora24Praisesong: From Son to Mother26Harvest27Dream of Mango28Thermometer29Defensive driving30Locks32Port Townsend Poems33Haiku36Memorial37Memory of Wings38Returning the Water40I Am a Creature of the Obvious41Refugee44Moons ... tides45Legacy46When Africa Speaks47African Sunrunner48Senegal Sestina49Tattoo, or Henna51Meditations I52White54Blue56Passing Through This House57Objects of Desire59Poem for the Purchase of a First Bra62Michele64At Five65Help67Anotherday69Washboard Wizard70The Prayer of Miss Budd73Drifter75Love Song of a Red Cap76Landmarks77For my 27th birthday78A Debt is Paid80Boy at the Paterson Falls81Walking On: A Declaration of Wholeness82Something Terrible Something85Pretty White Girls86Gentleman at the Barbershop87Roots88Black Drag Queen89Fruitbowl 190I Know I Aint Hip No More91Revolutionary Thoughts93Christmas Eve: My Mother Dressing95In Search of Aunt Jemima97Raindrop Women99What I Am101To the People of a Small Town in Ohio ...103The Tar Baby on the Soapbox105Beaches106Vivian, Take 57107Annuals and Perennials109Mississippi on the Doorstep111The Love of Travellers112Smile113Work to be Done115The Fitting Room116Land of the Lost118City in You119Peace Be Still120Untitled122American Sonnet (46)124Black on Black125Memorial Drive127Sunday129Going Home130Leaving Winston-Salem131Charleston, South Carolina132My Mother133We134Gullah Women136JoNelle138Things No One Told Me139Integration141Dirt142After an All Day Skirmish with the Clouds143Blackbottom144Baltimore145Lost147Child in the New Delhi Sun148Threnody149Soledad152Meridian Hill Terrace1537-30-96155Brother is a Star156Call and Response157Snapshot: West Philly158The Bible Buckle159Saints160How to Make It161Audre's Son164It's a Dog's Life165Dungle sublime166Yellow is Me, But All the Same Are We167An Irresistible Light168April 19,19 -: A Sonnet170Bruised Children171Worry All the Time172Midnight in Mississippi175For the Man I Met on Georgia Ave176My Family177Mother's Day at McDonald's178The Major180Hazing181Father and Son183Father's shoes184Father country185100 Times187Those I love are sometimes white188Paralyzed189The Museum Cashier190Dedicated to the domestics192Astrology?194Moon Daughters195Passing196Sterling Brown198Matisse, Cut Outs199Stranger in the Village200They Do Not Have to Nest in Your Hair201Rain Making202Thoughts From a 747203Space204High School207Tattooed Girl209Cross Burning Black210She-Ghosts of Tiresias211The Science of Forgetting213The Lock and Key215Spirit of the Dancer219As Dancers220Help is a Discotheque221For lester222Bird223Mom Used to Listen to Erroll Garner224John Birks Gillespie: an appreciation {...}225Chittlin's227Thelonius228Monk230Monk's Misterioso231The Fourth Supreme232Stevie Wonder234The Mighty Blood235Noon Talk at Georgia's Coffee Shop236Burn Rubber on Me238Photo of Ron Carter, Playing His Bass239Savannah Brass240Set Piece242A Thousand Marionettes243Verbal gun shots244Dr. Jack245Vipers, Flies, and Women of the Cloth249Visiting Hours250Concerning Violence251Rehearsal252Alley Games 6/the ascension253Glass Box Puzzle No. 1254December 12th255Examination256A White Man and the Judge257The Good Ole Days258I Love You, Though You're Unemployed259If there's no sugar260The Edge261The subtle art of breathing262Who Sez Thunderbirds Can't Fly266Imperialism-The Dancing Do Not Die268Park mole270The Artifice of War272Generation Gap273Funeral275Say Something: A Change is Gonna Come277Some Solace, Some Yearning280In Oklahoma281Black tax282What is left283A Guard285Sorrow Song2861st Lt. Vernon J. Baker: Hero on the Hill287Staff. Sgt. Edward A. Carter, Jr. {...}2901st Lt. John R. Fox: Rain of Fire293The Names of Summer: A War Memory295At the Jackson Pollock Retrospective in L.A.298Our Second Night300Letter from Kuwait303A Black soldier304Four and Twenty Soldiers305Come and See My Little Toys306Homeless Vets307Suicides and Fools308Lights of the Bigtop309This mortal coil311The Plea315Girlfriend316To Keep from Shouting Something317Our Mothers319She kneels at the wailing wall321Color-Struck322For My Mother324For My Mother326Fallen Bodies327The Long Walk Home328Back road329Grand Diva330To adam331Grandma332While Communing with a Tree {...}333Friendly Skies335And all the sisters said ...336Angry sisters337Three men338Untitled339For Fatma and Her Co-wives340What is There for Us?341Be Careful When You Go Looking {...}344Rising348Cycles349Meetin the Conjure Woman350Wet Oak351Hands352The Beelzebub Chronicles353Stringbeans354The Star355Private Thoughts356Sin, 1969357Lines358Midnight359Ashy Gal360
