What's a poem you love that is written by a poet of colour?
I love the works (in no particular order) by Mary Oliver, Rae Armantrout, Rosmarie Waldrop, Robert Creeley, Frank O'Hara, Stephen Dunn, Emily Dickinson, Jack Gilbert, Marie Howe, Linda Gregg, Linda Pastan, Jane Hirshfield, W.S. Merwin, Maggie Smith, Roo Borson, Richard Siken, Franz Wright, etc...you can see where this is leading.
That being said, some of my favourite poets include Ocean Vuong, Kaveh Akbar, Gwendolyn Brooks, Naomi Shihab Nye, Tarfia Faizullah, Nicole Sealey, Cornelius Eady, Warsan Shire, Ada Limon, Audre Lorde, Li-Young Lee, Li Po, Rumi, Camille T. Dungy, Carl Phillips...but am looking to discover more.
Thank you in advance ?? |