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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












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