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"If We Must Die" is a poem by Jamaican-American writer Claude McKay (1890–1948) published in the July 1919 issue of The Liberator magazine. McKay wrote the poem in response to mob attacks by white Americans upon African-American communities during the Red Summer. The poem does not specifically reference any group of people, and has been used ...
Front piece and signature from the 1884 publication of The Rape of Florida. Albery Allson Whitman (May 30, 1851 – June 29, 1901 [1] was an African-American poet, minister and orator. Born into slavery, Whitman became a writer. During his lifetime he was acclaimed as the "Poet Laureate of the Negro Race".
Pages in category "Poets from Florida" The following 32 pages are in this category, out of 32 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A. George Abraham (poet)
Amanda Gorman reacts after her poem The Hill We Climb is banned in a Florida elementary school.
In 2023, Monet released her debut album, when the poems do what they do, featuring Chief Xian aTunde Adjuah, Samora Pinderhughes, Marcus Gilmore, Lonnie Holley, Eryn Allen Kane, and Novena Carmel. [ 25 ] [ 26 ] The album received a four star rating from Jazzwise , which wrote, "Monet's spoken word poems variously thrill, challenge seduce and ...
Adrienne Cecile Rich (/ ˈ æ d r i ə n / AD-ree-ən; May 16, 1929 – March 27, 2012) was an American poet, essayist and feminist.She was called "one of the most widely read and influential poets of the second half of the 20th century", [1] [2] and was credited with bringing "the oppression of women and lesbians to the forefront of poetic discourse". [3]
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John Allyn McAlpin Berryman (born John Allyn Smith, Jr.; October 25, 1914 – January 7, 1972) was an American poet and scholar.He was a major figure in American poetry in the second half of the 20th century and is considered a key figure in the "confessional" school of poetry.