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  2. Just Give Me a Cool Drink of Water 'fore I Diiie - Wikipedia

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    Diiie is made up of two sections of 38 poems. The 20 poems in the first section, "Where Love is a Scream of Anguish", center on love. Many of the poems in this section and the next are structured like blues and jazz music, and have universal themes of love and loss. The eighteen poems in the second section, "Just Before the World Ends", focus ...

  3. Academy of American Poets - Wikipedia

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    The Academy of American Poets administers several programs: National Poetry Month; [13] the website Poets.org, which includes a curated collection of poems and essays about poetry, over 800 recordings and videos of poets dating back to the 1960s, and free materials for K-12 teachers, including lesson plans; [14] the syndicated series, Poem-a ...

  4. And Still I Rise - Wikipedia

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    And Still I Rise is Maya Angelou's third volume of poetry. She studied and began writing poetry at a young age. [1] After her rape at the age of eight, as recounted in her first autobiography, I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings (1969), she dealt with her trauma by memorizing and reciting great works of literature, including poetry, which helped bring her out of her self-imposed muteness.

  5. Poems of family, abuse, journeys and love speak to ... - AOL

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    Byas’ first line: “This is what teaches me love.” And the last line: “Of all things love, I’m still learning.” To Civil, that “spoke volumes” about the process a reader is entering ...

  6. Gloria Oden - Wikipedia

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    Gloria Oden was born in Yonkers, New York, on October 30, 1923.As the youngest daughter of six born to an African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church minister and a college-educated mother, Oden was instilled early on with a respect for education and intellect – she, along with her siblings were required to memorize and recite poetry.

  7. Thomas Gray - Wikipedia

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    Thomas Gray (26 December 1716 – 30 July 1771) was an English poet, letter-writer, and classical scholar at Cambridge University, being a fellow first of Peterhouse then of Pembroke College. He is widely known for his Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard , published in 1751.

  8. Lee Bennett Hopkins - Wikipedia

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    I Really Want to Feel Good about Myself: Poems by Former Addicts. With Sunna Rasch. Thomas Nelson, 1974. On Our Way: Poems of Pride and Love. Illustrated by David Parks. Knopf, 1974. Hey-How for Halloween. Illustrated by Janet McCaffery. Harcourt, 1974. Take Hold!: An Anthology of Pulitzer Prize-Winning Poems. Thomas Nelson, 1974. Poetry on ...

  9. Essay Poetry - Wikipedia

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    The principle of essay poetry was first proposed and initiated by Denny Januar Ali and creatively manifested in 2012 through a book entitled "In the Name of Love." [1] In total, around 100 books essay poetry have been published by Indonesian and foreign poets. [2] [3] Then in 2020, essay poetry officially became a new word in the Official ...