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Lia Purpura (born February 22, 1964, Mineola, New York) is an American poet, writer and educator.She is the author of four collections of poems (King Baby, Stone Sky Lifting, The Brighter the Veil, It Shouldn't Have Been Beautiful), four collections of essays (Increase, On Looking, Rough Likeness, and All the Fierce Tethers) and one collection of translations (Poems of Grzegorz Musial ...
Structurally, for colored girls is a series of 20-22 poems, depending on whether "my love is too" and "positive" are included in the list, collectively called a "choreopoem." Shange's poetry expresses many struggles and obstacles that African-American women may face throughout their lives and is a representation of sisterhood and coming of age ...
Meng Lang was struck by her pitiful yet captivating presence but, being a proud and petty man, decided to test her. In the courtyard, a red plum tree was in full bloom, and Meng Lang ordered Su Xiaoxiao to compose a poem on the theme of the red plum. Without hesitation, Su Xiaoxiao crafted a poem that was neither servile nor defiant.
and gazed upon the baby, safe and snug in Mary's arms. And Joseph, lost in shadows, face lit by an oil lamp's glow stood wondering, that first Christmas Day, two thousand years ago.
These beautiful Mother's Day poems are so special, and they're just the thing to add to a handwritten card. Read on for our favorite poems about moms. 25 Beautiful Mother's Day Poems to Include in ...
Emaré is a Middle English Breton lai, a form of mediaeval romance poem, told in 1035 lines. The author of Emaré is unknown and it exists in only one manuscript, Cotton Caligula A. ii, which contains ten metrical narratives. [1] Emaré seems to date from the late fourteenth century, possibly written in the North East Midlands. [2]
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"Infant Joy" is a poem written by the English poet William Blake. It was first published as part of his collection Songs of Innocence in 1789 and is the counterpart to "Infant Sorrow", which was published at a later date in Songs of Experience in 1794. Ralph Vaughan Williams set the poem to music in his 1958 song cycle Ten Blake Songs.