Black Poetry Day

October 24, 2020

For more information on black poets, and to read some incredible poetry, go to Africanamericanpoetry.org, or theroot.com, or poets.org, or curiosityshots.com – or search for the many other sites available. HERE IS A SHORT LIST OF SOME POETS I ENJOY TO GET YOU STARTED: Gwendolyn Brooks Rita Dove Langston Hughes Lucille Clifton June Jordan Claudia Rankine Derek Walcott Kate Rushin…

October 20, 2020

BLACK POETRY DAY

Black Poetry Day on October 17th honors past and present black poets. The day also commemorates the birth of the first published black male poet in the United States. Jupiter Hammon was born in Long Island, New York, on October 17th, 1711. Hammon’s first work, the broadside An Evening Thought (also referred to as “An Evening Prayer” and…