Poetry From Sojourner

Collection of poems from 25 years of Sojourner For much of its history Sojourner was the most widely circulated feminist literary journal in America, and more than 1,200 poems have appeared in its pages since it began publication in 1975. Nearly 150 of those poems are collected in this volume, where together they form a powerful testament to the vibrancy, wit, and diversity of feminist poetry. In addition to works by such well-known poets as Molly Peacock, Nikki Giovanni, Betsy Sholl, and Adrienne Rich, this collection includes poems by women from a host of different backgrounds, including many whose work appeared in print for the first time in Sojourner. Some of these poems explode with energy, others speak with a haiku-like softness; some discuss love, lust, and sexuality, while others deal with loss, divorce, and revenge. The voices collected here are old and young, rural and urban, straight and gay, from mothers and daughters to wives, lovers, and countless others, all contributing to this anthology's wide-ranging conversation about feminism and feminist poetics.

Spanning the centuries from Sappho's Greece to tenth-century Japan, from nineteenth-century Chile to Zindziswa Mandela's twentieth-century South Africa, the voices of these women poets express themes of love, injustice, motherhood, and loss, and the oppressions of race and sex. The sequence of the poems moves from youth to old age, and they bear witness to the triumphs as well as the pain and frustration of women in many times and in many places. Among the many poets whose work is included are Anna Akhmatova, Maya Angelou, Judith Kazantzis, Gabriela Mistral, Marge Piercy, Irina Ratushinskaya and Alice Walker. Illona Linthwaite began gathering this collection several years ago, initially for a theatrical performance. Here, in this unique exchange between women of many races, affirming their differences and what they have in common, are more than 150 poems which assert the black abolitionist Sojourner Truth's challenge, "Ain't I a Woman!" In addition to the poems, there are biographies of the 91 contributors.

"By turns provocative, playful, sober, and hopeful, Sojourner Songs is a long-awaited companion on life's journey and a deep spiritual experience for pilgrims in all walks of life"--Jacket

From the author of A Small Cup of Light comes a collection of poetry that presses into the corners of our joy and our despair. They are the poems of a pilgrim, a voice crying out in the wilderness. They are sojourner songs.

Sojourner and other poems is book by Karl W. Carter, Jr. who was born in New Orleans in 1944, moved with his family to Los Angeles when he was in third grade and resides and practices law in Washington, D.C. His poetry appears in The Poet Upstairs: An Anthology of Washington Area Poets (Octave Stevenson, ed., 1979) and in Stephen Henderson (ed.), Understanding the New Black Poetry: Black Speech and Black Music as Poetic Reference (New York: William Morrow & Co., 1973). , Black world and chapbooks by Broadside press

This lyrical celebration of Juneteenth, deeply rooted in Black American history, spans centuries and reverberates loudly and proudly today. After 300 years of forced bondage; hands bound, descendants of Africa picked up their souls--all that they owned-- leaving shackles where they fell on the ground, headed for the nearest resting place to be found. Deeply emotional, evocative free verse by poet and activist Sojourner Kincaid Rolle traces the solemnity and celebration of Juneteenth from its 1865 origins in Galveston, Texas to contemporary observances all over the United States. This is an ode to the strength of Black Americans and a call to remember and honor a holiday whose importance reverberates far beyond the borders of Texas.

Sojourner is a poetry collection of encounters on a journey of survival, yet like most life journeys, is nothing expected.Sojourner ? Unfiltered radical poetry anthology, written by Ada The Creator. A creative intersectional movement for individuality. Afro-spiritualism, activism, naturism, non-conformism, feminism, pro-heauxism, and change.Part memoir. Embark on a journey of modern and contemporary womanhood. More profound, a vulnerable road map to establishing one's voice irrespective of labels within desensitized circumstances. How conscious are you of vulnerability? How desensitized are you?This collection explores imaginative journeys to self while challenging the boundaries of the norm by first provoking the mind.

Sojourner. Wanderer. Thinker. Adventurer. - This book is a collection of poems and love notes written for the ones who feel lost, abandoned, perplexed and hidden in darkness. May you know that you aren't lost, but found. May you discover who you are and Whose you are. You are not meandering without reason. The path before you is glorious.Sojourner is Christian Bosse's debut poetry book. Christian's other writings and artwork can be found on Instagram and Pinterest.