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In 1969, Clifton published her first volume of poetry, Good Times, which drew inspiration from her six young children at the time. The book would go on to make the New York Times list of the best books of the year. Three years later in 1972, Clifton published her second volume, Good News About the Earth: New Poems.
Poems by Walt Whitman Title Index of First Line Class Date Published "Going Somewhere" " My science-friend, my noblest woman-friend," Leaves of Grass (Book XXXIV. Sands at Seventy) "The Rounded Catalogue Divine Complete" " The devilish and the dark, the dying and diseas’d," Leaves of Grass (Book XXXV. Good-bye my Fancy) A Boston Ballad [1854]
The poem also draws, although less prominently, on Aztec traditions, such as through the appearance of Quetzalcoatl. [1] The poem received national attention after it was illegally banned as part of the removal of Mexican American Studies Programs in Tucson Unified School District. [2] The ban was later ruled unconstitutional. [3]
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.
Just Give Me a Cool Drink of Water 'fore I Diiie (1971) is the first collection of poems by African-American writer and poet Maya Angelou.Many of the poems in Diiie were originally song lyrics, written during Angelou's career as a night club performer, and recorded on two albums before the publication of Angelou's first autobiography I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings (1969).
"If—" first appeared in the "Brother Square Toes" chapter of the book Rewards and Fairies, a collection of Kipling's poetry and short-story fiction published in 1910.In his posthumously published autobiography, Something of Myself (1937), Kipling said that, in writing the poem, he was inspired by the character of Leander Starr Jameson, [4] leader of the failed Jameson Raid against the South ...
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After college, Greenfield began writing poetry and songs in the 1950s while working in a civil service job. In 1962, after years of submitting her work, her first poem was finally accepted for publication. In 1972, she published the first of her 48 children's books, including picture books, novels, poetry and biographies.