Perceptions of Poetry

What is poetry? Poetry is words; no it is so much more than that. Poetry is self-expression through depictions of situations and emotions...

An analysis of Irena Klepfisz's poem "Bashert" Bashert is a Yiddish term meaning to be predestined, fated, inevitable, random...

Audre Lorde organized Coal   into five separate sections. Each section emphasizes an aspect of race and gender, which Lorde's poem “Coal...

Coal is a reflection of Audre Lorde's personal relationship with society and herself as she understands it. This poem is from later in ...

Audre Lorde, a self proclaimed feminist, lesbian , mother and poet wrote poems and speeches crying out against inequalities between blacks a...

The next few posts will be reflections and essays as I work through an individual poetry study on "Coal" the seventh book of poe...

Have you ever had one of those nights when you know you have a paper due the next morning and your mind is nothing more then a blank, void w...