‘Mulberry Fields’ by Lucille Clifton: https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems-and-poets/poems/detail/46671
Tag: poetry
My Current Credo
I will not give in. I will not give in to this. I will not give in to fear. I will not give in to their fear. I will not give in to mine. I will not give in to hate. I will not give in to madness. I will …
Not Good or Bad, better
Not Good or Bad, better Some of us, particularly American Blacks, grew up with the saying, you’ve got to work twice as hard. Perhaps that was the only way those of us who have been invisible (looked away from) could be seen. (I worked twice as hard in graduate school, …
Poetry or Prose, intersections
Poetry or Prose, intersections House on Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros is my go to text for teaching Intro to Creative Writing. I require a literature book in each genre: poetry, nonfiction, and fiction. But, House on Mango Street is my intro to the course. I believe there are …
My Current Credo
I will not give in. I will not give in to this. I will not give in to fear. I will not give in to their fear. I will not give in to mine. I will not give in to hate. I will not give in to madness. I will …
Not Good or Bad, better
Not Good or Bad, better Some of us, particularly American Blacks, grew up with the saying, you’ve got to work twice as hard. Perhaps that was the only way those of us who have been invisible (looked away from) could be seen. (I worked twice as hard in graduate school, …
Poetry or Prose, intersections
Poetry or Prose, intersections House on Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros is my go to text for teaching Intro to Creative Writing. I require a literature book in each genre: poetry, nonfiction, and fiction. But, House on Mango Street is my intro to the course. I believe there are …