Anthologies of African American Writing

Adam of Ifé: Black Women in Praise of Black Men: Poems

"Adam of Ifé: Black Women in Praise of Black Men: Poems" . Ed. Naomi Cornelia Long Madgett. Detroit: Lotus, 1992. 234 pp.

To be a man /; Karla Francesca Brundage --; Praises /; Irma McClaurin --; Katumwbe /; Maketa Groves --; Sunflowers and Saturdays /; Melba Joyce Boyd --; A little black poem 4 Larry /; Leslie Reese --; A father's teaching /; Elana Hayes --; Resurrections [#36] /; Gloria Oden --; Even though we never went camping /; Maria Madison --; My dad Is a magician /; Leslie Reese --; A real father /; Burniece Avery --; Papi was a dancing man /; Avotcja --; For my father: on the gift of another eye /; Dolores Kendrick --; Search /; Johari Mahasin Rashad --; Poem for my father /; Erica Annette Pierce --; Seasons /; Rosalie Shannon --; J. Harrington: good/man Mississippi's son /; A. Wanjiku H. Reynolds --; This warrior /; Paulette Childress White --; The coach /; Satiafa --; My father /; May Miller --; He lives in me /; Naomi Long Madgett --; Papa /; Nubia Kai --; In knowledge of young boys /; Toi Derricotte --; Birthday /; Hilda Vest --; Oronde /; Paulette Childress White --; Precious flowers /; Greta White --; My gift to you /; Johari Mahasin Rashad --; Waiting /; Marilyn Elain Carmen --; I will not let them take you /; Opal Palmer Adisa --; Sisterlove 1 /; Johari Mahasin Rashad --; For Uri at 16 /; Aneb Kgositsile --; To Kyasa, little brother /; Aneb Kgositsile --; Young blood /; Opal Palmer Adisa --; Nephews /; Stella L. Crews --; From father to son /; Opal Palmer Adisa --; Four poems for Gordon /; Pinkie Gordon Lane --; For my brother /; Monifa Atungaye --; My brother's hand /; Dolores Kendrick --; To Darnell and Johnny /; Melba Joyce Boyd --; October lament /; Naomi Long Madgett --; A song of praise for the often overlooked men /; Opal Palmer Adisa --; You are like the coming of dawn /; Irma McClaurin --; Sam /; Beverly Jarrett --; For yellow roses /; Collette Armstead --; What I love /; Devorah Major --; For Leonard /; Naomi Long Madgett --; Song for my beloved /; Erica Annette Pierce --; As I recount my love /; Naomi F. Faust --; Black satin stallion /; Phavia Kujichagulia --; On the edges /; Karen Halliburton --; Love dreadlocked /; Aneb Kgositsile --; Before making love /; Toi Derricotte --; Desert /; Karla Francesca Brundage --; Romance /; Phavia Kujichagulia --; Seeking a more private word /; Opal Palmer Adisa --; Peaches /; Karla Francesca Brundage --; For the one /; Jennifer E. Smith --; Summer Is coming /; Pearl Cleage --; Harry's Afro hut /; Lucy E. Thornton-Berry --; Direction /; Aneb Kgositsile --; Blue lights in the basement /; Pearl Cleage --; The clothes you color /; [Malika] Odessa Davis --; A poem of praise /; Jennifer E. Smith --; I am Willie or Amos ... /; Aneb Kgositsile --; All the brothers /; Beth Brown Preston --; Just love /; Karen Halliburton --; Curtis Michael /; Stella L. Crews --; Beautiful Black men /; Nikki Giovanni --; Afrikan poet, arise /; Wanda G. Winbush --; A short poem for righteous brothas because you are ... /; Jennifer E. Smith --; Never on prime time /; Lucy E. Thornton-Berry --; Who's really got the power? /; Lucy E. Thornton-Berry --; Nat Turner /; Nubia Kai --; Commitment 2 /; Jayne Cortez --; Alain LeRoy Locke /; May Miller --; Martin /; Roxanne Whitaker --; Martin Luther King /; Naomi F. Faust --; Little Mecca /; Beth Brown Preston --; Malcolm /; Nubia Kai --; Malcolm X /; Roxanne Whitaker --; George Jackson /; Jill Witherspoon Boyer --; Marley no die /; Linda Cousins --; The league of defense /; Melba Joyce Boyd --; Walk proud, my brother /; Sibyl Rae Collins --; Mandala for Mandela /; Aneb Kgositsile --; Black poet /; Naomi Long Madgett --; To Langston /; Regina B. Jennings --; On witnessing the receipt of an honorary degree by Sterling Brown /; Beth Brown Preston --; Robert Hayden /; Sybil Kein --; For Robert Hayden /; May Miller --; Epitaph for Etheridge Knight /; Melba Joyce Boyd --; For Haki /; Satiafa --; A call-to-action poem /; Jennifer E. Smith --; Zakee /; Linda Cousins --; Barbecue Bob Hicks /; Sybil Kein --; Herman /; A. Wanjiku H. Reynolds --; Cousin George /; A. Wanjiku H. Reynolds --; Uncle Gus /; Dolores Kendrick --; Drum man /; Wanda G. Winbush --; Leadbelly /; Sybil Kein --; Jelly Roll Morton /; Sybil Kein --; Louie /; Sybil Kein --; Thots of Coltrane /; Kenyette Adrine-Robinson --; Hendrix /; Maketa Groves --; B.B. King /; Sybil Kein --; Max Roach, the rhythm wizard /; Avotcja --; African sunrunner /; Wanda G. Winbush --; "The sun do move" /; Naomi Long Madgett --; The blacksmith /; Monifa Atungaye --; The janitor (circa 1940) /; May Miller --; Joe Louis /; Nubia Kai --; Muhammad Ali /; Naomi F. Faust --; The champ vs. Coopman /; Beth Brown Preston --; The polishers of brass /; Toi Derricotte --; Like a phoenix /; Sibyl Rae Collins --; Frontline /; A. Wanjiku H. Reynolds --; Search for Black men: Vietnam post-mortem /; Beverly Fields Burnette --; Don't listen /; Abimbola Adama --; Receptive perspective /; J.E.M. Jones --; The mask /; Irma McClaurin --; Bring them home /; Aneb Kgositsile --; Of men and clouds /; Shirley Hayden-Whitley --; To the Black man /; Cheryl Lynn Pastor --; Warriors welcome /; Phavia Kujichagulia.

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