POETRY

BLACK PEARL
BY JOSÈ ANGEL FIGUEROA

I AM ERICA GARDNER!
BY JOSÈ ANGEL FIGUEROA

TREE LIMBS AND AUTUMN SANDS
By Olumide Ted Wilson

FEELINGS
HZAL ANUBEWEI

UNITED FOR MIGHT
BY BOB MCNEIL

FOR THE WOMEN OF THE CONGO
(FOR THE WOMEN OF THE WORLD)
BY THERESA DAVIS

WHAT TO DO WHEN A POLITICIAN TRIES TO FALL INTO YOUR VAGINA FEET FIRST
BY THERESA DAVIS

A SONG FOR SHEROES
BY BOB MCNEIL

BUT NOW, I AM A WOMAN
BY RAQUEL THOMAS

COUNTERPOINT AND BEHIND THE VENEER
BY DARLENE ROY

EMOTIONAL PROBLEMS AND MEAN GIRL SKILLS
BY KARLA BRUNDAGE

QUADROON
BY KARLA BRUNDAGE

THE WAR THAT WAS WAGED
MARI RICE

AFRICAN ANGEL GODDESS
BY JACQUELINE JOHNSON

POEM NO. 12
BY DAVID MILLS

VILLAINHELLE
A VILLANELLE FOR BREONNA TAYLOR
BY DAVID MILLS

MAGNOLIAS & MEMORIES
BY KATHRYN TAKARA

URBAN POWWOW
BY TAMARA J. MADISON

POUND CAKE MAKER
(FOR MY MOTHER)
BY AKBAR IMHOTEP

FREEDOM IS YOURS
BY AKBAR IMHOTEP

MAMA CINDY’S ASCENSION:
THE FAMILY MATRIARCH
BY FELTON EADDY

YOU ARE ENOUGH
BY GWEN RUSSELL GREEN

REDEFINITION
BY GWEN RUSSELL GREEN

COOKING
BY ALICE LOVELACE

THIS BODY
BY ALICE LOVELACE

SWEET HONEY IN THE ROCK
BY KATHRYN TAKARA

THE FULL MOON & THE SEE-LINE WOMAN
BY GARY JOHNSTON

CLARINDA
BY GARY JOHNSTON

WE ARE WOMEN WHO ARE WISE
BY AYISHA JEFFRIES CISSÈ

I AM THAT I AM
BY AYISHA JEFFRIES CISSÈ

COSMIC ZORA
BY JACQUELINE JOHNSON

BLACK GIRLS ROCK!
BY PATRICK S. DUNCAN

MISSING MOMMY
BY T. RENÉE CRUTCHER

LET US PRAY
BY TONI SIMMONS HENSON

FOR SUPER SISTERS:
SHECARRI, SIMONE B, SIMONE M, AND SERENA
BY JOLYNN BROOKS

FOR LORRAINE HANSBERRY 1930 – 1965
FOR KATHERINE DUNHAM 1909 – 2006
BY CHARLOIS LUMPKIN

MOTHER’S NATURE
BY JAYE P. WILLIS

PROLIFICALLY PISSED POET
BY JAYE P. WILLIS

UNDEFEATED FOR MAYA ANGELOU
BY DAVID MILLS

ABSENTEE: FOR BRANDI, LAUREN AND NOEL
BY ERIC F. MAXIE

HOMAGE TO AUNTIE BEVELRY
BY CHRISTIAN MYRICK

THANKS, MAMA HARRIET!
RAYMOND NAT TURNER