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Feb 14, 2022 · 8 of Audre Lorde's Most Memorable Poems The writer used her poetry to fight for justice across racial, social and sexual barriers. By Rachel Chang Published: Feb 14, 2022
Jun 13, 2021 · Ten Poems by Audre Lorde. The esteemed poet is author of Sister Outsider, one title on the Schomburg Black Liberation Reading List. Read free related content on JSTOR. A portrait of Audre Lorde from the cover of the July/August 1988 issue of WomaNews. via JSTOR. By: The Editors. June 13, 2021. 2 minutes.
A self-described “black, lesbian, mother, warrior, poet,” Audre Lorde dedicated both her life and her creative talent to confronting and addressing injustices of racism, sexism, classism, and homophobia.
crucial and alone. for those of us who cannot indulge. the passing dreams of choice. who love in doorways coming and going. in the hours between dawns. looking inward and outward. at once before and after. seeking a now that can breed. futures. like bread in our children’s mouths. so their dreams will not reflect. the death of ours; For those of us
A self-described “black, lesbian, mother, warrior, poet,” Audre Lorde dedicated both her life and her creative talent to confronting and addressing injustices of racism, sexism, classism, and homophobia. Lorde was born in New York City to West Indian immigrant parents. She attended Catholic schools before...
The Complete Poems of Audre Lorde brings together this influential poet's nine books of poetry, including her early, previously unavailable work. In Lorde's words, these poems offer "a linguistic and emotional tour through the conflicts, fears, and hopes of the world I have inhabited."
Like “Power,” this longer poem from 1982 is a meditation on how we’re shaped by what we’ve seen, for better and for worse. “However the image enters,” Lorde writes, “its force remains.” Lorde’s fluid syntax has much to do with how we receive her force, with how we understand the world as she does.
